AWL
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awl¹
- /ɔːl/ UK
- /oːl/ Australia, British, New Zealand, Southern, Standard
- /ɔl/
- /ɑl/ cot caught merger
- /ɔl/ Scotland
Sounds like all · Rhymes with -ɔːl
Where it comes from
From Middle English aul, alle, al, from Old English æl, from Proto-West Germanic *al, from Proto-Germanic *alaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ólos. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Äil (“awl”), Dutch aal (“awl”), German Low German Ahl (“awl”), German Ahle (“awl”), Icelandic alur (“awl”). Spelling was influenced by the Old English synonym awel, awul (“awl”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahwal, from Proto-Germanic *ahwalaz (“fork, hook”), of unknown origin. Doublet of elsen.
noun awls
- 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. He dressed himself in some old ragged clothes, and took a tame white bear, which he had, with him, as well as an awl, some pitch, and twine.
- Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
AWL²
adjective
- Alternative form of AWOL (“absent without leave”).AWOL
proper noun
- Initialism of Alliance for Workers' Liberty.Alliance for Workers' Liberty
