Usually means: Sharp tool for piercing holes.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. awl: Merriam-Webster
  2. awl: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. awl: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. awl: Collins English Dictionary
  5. awl: Vocabulary.com
  6. Awl, aw'l, awl: Wordnik
  7. AWL, awl: Wiktionary
  8. awl: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. awl: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. awl: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. AWL, a.w.l: Dictionary.com
  12. awl: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. AWL, Awl, The Awl: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Awl: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. awl: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. awl: Rhymezone
  17. Awl: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. awl: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. AWL: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  20. Awl: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  21. awl: FreeDictionary.org
  22. awl: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. awl: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. awl: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  25. awl: Merriam-Webster

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. awl: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. awl: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. awl: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. AWL: Acronym Finder
  2. AWL: Three Letter Words with definitions
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Awl: Easton Bible
  2. Awl: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. awl: A Dictionary of Quaternary Acronyms and Abbreviations
  3. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. awl: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. awl: Urban Dictionary

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Book Binding (No longer online)
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. Awl: Glossary of Woodworking Terms
  4. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  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.
noun:  (entomology) Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
adjective:  Alternative form of AWOL (“absent without leave”) [(originally military) Absent without official leave (permission).]

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