bradawl
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bradawl
Example Sentences
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The animal can then usually be removed with a bradawl, or, better still, a sail needle stuck into a cork.
From Beautiful Shells of New Zealand An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand Marine Shells, with Directions for Collecting and Cleaning them by E. G. B. Moss
The simplest form of wood-piercing tool is the awl or bradawl, shown in Figs.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
Archie had moved back and given her an uninterrupted view of the work of art, and she had started as if some unkindly disposed person had driven a bradawl into her.
From Indiscretions of Archie by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
It twisted itself half round, then reverted to its former position, and again twisted itself, moving like a bradawl, not like a gimlet, which latter forms a complete revolution.
From A Book of Ghosts by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
Necessity, which is the mother of invention, made them deft and handy with axe and adze, bradawl and waxed end, anvil and forge.
From Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812 by W. H. (William Henry) Withrow
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