Definition of awl

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Awl (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..

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Affray :: Affray (v. t.) A tumultuous assault or quarrel; a brawl; a fray.
Brawl :: Brawl (n.) A noisy quarrel; loud, angry contention; a wrangle; a tumult; as, a drunken brawl..
Bespawl :: Bespawl (v. t.) To daub, soil, or make foul with spawl or spittle..
Blatant :: Blatant (a.) Bellowing, as a calf; bawling; brawling; clamoring; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly..
Bawled :: Bawled (imp. & p. p.) of Baw.
Vermiculate :: Vermiculate (a.) Crawling or creeping like a worm; hence, insinuating; sophistical..
Simple :: Simple (a.) A drawloom.
Hoodlum :: Hoodlum (n.) A young rowdy; a rough, lawless fellow..
Crawly :: Crawly (a.) Creepy.
Trawler :: Trawler (n.) A fishing vessel which trails a net behind it.
Cry :: Cry (v. i.) To utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain, grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears; to bawl, as a child..
Spawling :: Spawling (n.) That which is spawled, or spit out..
Spawl :: Spawl (n.) A splinter or fragment, as of wood or stone. See Spall..
Simblot :: Simblot (n.) The harness of a drawloom.
Crawler :: Crawler (n.) One who, or that which, crawls; a creeper; a reptile..
Drawling :: Drawling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Draw.
Quarrelsome :: Quarrelsome (a.) Apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and contention; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric.
Gangion :: Gangion (n.) A short line attached to a trawl. See Trawl, n..
Crawl :: Crawl (n.) The act or motion of crawling; slow motion, as of a creeping animal..
Ratchet :: Ratchet (n.) A pawl, click, or detent, for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc..
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