howel

[ hou-uhl ]

/ ˈhaʊ əl /

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noun

a channel cut along the inside edge of a barrel stave to receive the barrelhead.

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Origin of howel

1795–1805; perhaps <Danish hövl<Middle Low German hövel; cognate with German Hobel kind of plane

Howel was silent, seeming to look curiously at the golden toy in the priest's hand, as it shifted restlessly backward and forward.
A Prince of Cornwall|Charles W. Whistler
Howel was growing anxious for me as the darkness fell, and was glad to greet me, and I suppose my face told him somewhat.
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I had listened for some sound from Howel and Evan, but since the footsteps passed up the glen I had heard none until this moment.
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"One would call such a place as this 'the devil's cauldron' in our land," said Howel.
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Yonder in the Cymric land beyond the narrow sea whence Howel came it shall not be lost.
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