Awl

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A pointed tool for making holes, as in wood or leather.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A pointed instrument for piercing small holes in leather, wood, etc., as the bent-pointed awl of the shoemaker and saddler and the straight-pointed brad-awl of the joiner.
  • n. The popinjay or green woodpecker, Picus or Gecinus viridis.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hand tool   
    Hyponym
    brad awl    pricker    scriber    scratch awl    scribe    saddler's awl    shoemaker's awl   
    Same Context
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