Synonyms for awl

Grammar : Noun

Spell : awl

Phonetic Transcription : ɔl

Top 10 synonyms for awl

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Définition of awl

Origin : Old English æl "awl, piercer," from Proto-Germanic *ælo (cf. Old Norse alr, Dutch aal, Middle Low German al, Old High German äla, German Ahle), of uncertain origin. Earliest references are to piercing of the ears, though later it was associated with shoemakers. Through misdivision, frequently written 15c.-17c. as nawl (for an awl; see N).

As in drill : noun tool for boring

Example sentences :

We cut with a knife, we pierce with an awl, we weave with a shuttle, we name with a name.
Extract from : « Cratylus » by Plato

The shuttle will be made by the carpenter; the awl by the smith or skilled person.
Extract from : « Cratylus » by Plato

And "hahaha" echoed the old man, still sitting with the awl in his hand.
Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer

Then he took an awl, heated it red-hot, and applied it to her eye—her sound one.
Extract from : « Russian Fairy Tales » by W. R. S. Ralston

Baba Mustapha was seated with an awl in his hand, just going to work.
Extract from : « The Arabian Nights » by Unknown

Never employ an awl for this work, as the fiber of the wood will be torn up by it.
Extract from : « Carpentry for Boys » by J. S. Zerbe

With an awl that he took from his belt Brock pierced Loki's lips.
Extract from : « The Children of Odin » by Padraic Colum

He ran the awl far into his finger, but he did not care for that.
Extract from : « What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales » by Hans Christian Andersen

Bodkin, an awl used for making the holes in the boards for the slips.
Extract from : « Bookbinding, and the Care of Books » by Douglas Cockerell

Thereupon he laid aside his awl to assume the dignity of a charlatan.
Extract from : « Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery » by Robert Means Lawrence

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