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At the age of twenty-three, he dropped his awl and hammer, and emerged into the world.
SKETCHES OF REFORMS AND REFORMERS, OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELANDHENRY B. STANTON
Padna admired the skilful manner in which he made the holes with his awl and drew the wax-end with rapid strokes.
WAYSIDERSSEUMAS O'KELLY
The last act of ownership performed by the master was the piercing of the right ear with an awl.
LANDHOLDING IN ENGLANDJOSEPH FISHER
We should awl aim at perfeckshun, but no one but a phool will expekt tew reach it.
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF JOSH BILLINGSHENRY W. SHAW
I got no mouth spaich out of him at awl, but I screeched and screeched an' prayed until I convarted myself!
A BOOK OF THE WEST. VOLUME I DEVONS. BARING-GOULD
Before he said this, he asked her if she would help to kill it, and gave her the awl.
His awl, too, was still sticking in the folds of his turban—sticking forth aloft right gallantly like some heron's plume.
HALIL THE PEDLARMR JKAI
Then aw suppooas if awd sed aw wor baan to buy yo' a new bonnet wi' Uriah Lodge's five bob, it 'ud hey been awl reet?
YORKSHIRE TALES. THIRD SERIESJOHN HARTLEY
An awl for piercing small holes in wood and having a wedge-shaped end.
It is often necessary to work all over the body of an animal with the awl in this way.
TAXIDERMY AND ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTINGWILLIAM T. HORNADAY
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