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awl definition

awl (ôl)

noun

a small, pointed tool for making holes in wood, leather, etc.

Etymology: earlier (16th c.) aule < ME alle < OE æl < IE base *əlā (> ON alr), *ēlā (> Sans āra)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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