| 单词 | awl |
| 例句 | Omakayas helped her, threading the tough basswood strands through holes punched by Grandma’s awl. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Accompanying the noble few in the tombs to the world of the deceased were copper beads and bracelets, stone tablets and collars, textiles and awls, and, sometimes, stone pipes in the shape of surreal animals. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z For example, the Tasmanian archaeological record documents the disappearance of fishing, and of awls, needles, and other bone tools, around 1500 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Taking out his pocket knife, Seth used the awl to punch holes in the lid. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z With an incising awl, he inscribed the leather-hard clay—a simple chrysanthemum design, far cruder than much of the elaborate incision work for which the potters of Ch’ulp’o were known. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I sling an extra bow and a second sheath of arrows over my body, slide two long knives and an awl into my belt, and meet up with Finnick at the front of the pile. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z To further proclaim their status, wealthy Olmec carved deep grooves into their teeth and pierced their nasal septums with bone awls, plugging the holes with ornamental jade beads. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “With an awl, pumpkin. A really sharp one.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Tools were produced in diverse and distinctive shapes so modern that their functions as needles, awls, engraving tools, and so on are obvious to us. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z One of the schools is on the Lower East Side, which can be rough, even the seven- or eight-year-olds will carry knives or sharp tools like awls. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s nothing to drill with, so Mags offers her awl and Peeta drives it straight into the bark, burying the spike two inches deep. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He and Finnick take turns opening up the hole with the awl and the knives until it can hold the spile. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Three fine needles of whalebone, an awl for making holes, a good stone knife for scraping hides, two cooking pots, and a small box made from a shell with many earrings in it. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z One rhymes with canal, one with anal, and one with an awl. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But Mags tugs on my sleeve and babbles on until I’ve given the awl to her. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Brokk grunted and produced an awl, a pointed spike used in leatherwork, and he jabbed it through the leather, punching holes through Loki’s lips. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z And maybe — maybe — she doesn’t get the awl. It Took Me 40 Years to Watch the Movie ‘Diva.’ It Was Worth the Wait. 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Her face as sharp as an awl, she radiates frightening conviction. Review: ‘Aloft’ Trains an Eagle Eye on Human Misery 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z “Of course, I had ice awls with me, around my neck,” in case the ice cracked and he had to perform a self-rescue, Widgren said. Finland: Architect’s ephemeral lake art a winter tradition 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z They scrape old layers of varnish and wood with awls, planes and other tools. The Kimbell captures 'Painter's Eye,' but it can't elevate Caillebotte 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z Sometimes you need to be able to make a hole and that's when an awl is really useful. Tent? Check. Sleeping bag? Check. Shewee? Er, what? Rich Pelley gets kitted out for a trip with TV survival enthusiast Ray Mears 2010-04-16T23:10:00Z She also had silver earplugs threaded through with silver hoops, an awl covered in silver—and a companion: a middle-age man laid to rest in the same jar with a fraction of her wealth. Ancient marriage traditions—and politics—revealed in giant family trees built from DNA 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z "Wagner is not a piece of slippery soap which the bureaucrats have got used to shoving all over the place; Wagner is an awl, a stiletto that you cannot hide," Prigozhin said. Mercenary Prigozhin says Kremlin blanking him on state media will provoke backlash 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z With a screwdriver or an awl, poke into the wood; if it goes in more than ⅛ inch, rot has probably begun. Advice | Is a dilapidated playhouse worth repairing? 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Smith’s attorney states that newly available touch DNA technology allowed the previously impossible analysis of evidence left on an awl — a leatherworking tool similar to an icepick — that was found at the crime scene. Tennessee court rejects DNA evidence petition by inmate 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z In January, the courts released the awl to Smith’s DNA experts upon agreement between Smith and the state. Tennessee death row inmate: Unknown DNA on weapon 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Bebber’s work replicating Old Copper–style arrowheads, knives, and awls suggests they weren’t necessarily superior to the alternatives, especially after factoring in the time and effort required to produce metal implements. Ancient Native Americans were among the world’s first coppersmiths 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z “I hear that pretty much every day,” Treft said, in a back workroom filled with assorted hammers, awls, jerk needles and heavy wax thread. Sioux City’s last cobbler struggles to keep up with demand 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z It depends on whether you’re okay with the tip of it eroding after a few hundred rotations, turning it into a raggedy awl. Perspective | Soul-searching and car-shopping: What’s the best machine for our needs? 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z In one example, the investigator’s own fingerprint was found on the awl, demonstrating “incompetence and lack of professionalism,” according to Smith’s filing. Tennessee court rejects DNA evidence petition by inmate 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z In one example, the investigator’s own fingerprint was found on the awl, demonstrating “incompetence and lack of professionalism,” according to Smith’s Monday filing. Tennessee death row inmate: Unknown DNA on weapon 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Only copper awls proved superior to bone hole punchers. Ancient Native Americans were among the world’s first coppersmiths 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z Also included were a small sword, knife, awl and chisel. 3,000-year-old tools discovered in Europe show how far warriors traveled for battle 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z The new find, unearthed in 2016, includes cylindrical fragments of bronze, along with a bronze knife, awl, and small chisel. 3000-year-old toolkit suggests skilled warriors crossed Europe to fight an epic battle 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Among the bone awls, shell beads and spear points left by early hunters who once camped there, the scientists discovered an artist’s studio dating from 100,000 years ago. Is This the World’s Oldest Hashtag? 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Sure, higher prices make such sources as low-output stripper wells viable again, but it takes time to get the upstream downstream, as they say in the “awl bidness.” Peak oil went in the barrel — now the debate is over peak oil demand 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z “I require a lot of tools — chisels, razor knives, awls — plus water, rolls of cane, rush, cord, rattan and wicker. It’s messy, so it’s perfect to work down there,” she said. Designing a home office that gets the job done while keeping family life in balance 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z The site became a tourist attraction; thousands of state schoolchildren were bused in on field trips, as workers on the flood plain unearthed delicate ancient tools such as needles and awls. Site unseen: Floodwaters buried a treasure trove at Marmes Rockshelter 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z The watery conditions below the surface also preserved bits of wood, including the awl’s birch handle, which helped archaeologists date the finds. 3000-year-old toolkit suggests skilled warriors crossed Europe to fight an epic battle 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z To create a solar viewer, you'll need a shipping tube, tinfoil, a hobby knife, an awl, tape and a marker. How to Watch the Solar Eclipse Without Glasses 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z A small index of drill bits, hacksaw and file, diagonal side cutter, awl, putty knife, nail set, small pry bar, adjustable clamp, courage. The Starter Tool Kit 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z The Monongahela culture had rich bone tools, such as awls or fish hooks,” Nass said. Archaeology students seek answers to lost civilization 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z Whatever language he spoke must have had words for pouch, belt, tinder, awl, and tattoo. Alone in the Alps 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Actual awls served as hazardous-looking paperweights among the seltzer cans and books scattered across the desks. Why are the most important people in media reading The Awl? 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Using the awl, punch a smaller hole into that foil. How to Watch the Solar Eclipse Without Glasses 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z Happiness is boring a hole in your Hebrew slave’s ear with an awl, or so might well say Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice and Baptist zealot Roy Moore. As dangerous as Thomas and Scalia: Meet the right-wing religious zealot who’d rather follow the Bible than the law 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z I think the claim that this is a portrait of Shakespeare is a specimen of highly creative wishful thinking at best, cobbler’s awls at worst. Why do we want this to be Shakespeare’s ‘true portrait’ so much? | Charlotte Higgins 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Excavating the fish-bearing rocks requires a variety of tools, from crowbars to small chisels and awls. Scientist at Work Blog: Gone Fishin' 2012-09-07T11:02:25Z Your mustachioes sharp at the end like shoemakers' awls, or hanging down to your mouth like goat's flakes? The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The board is then removed and at the points marked is pierced slanting inwards—about half right angle—with a pointed awl. Practical Bookbinding 2012-04-02T02:00:23.047Z A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking ?ut letters from a column or page in making corrections. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z The simplest form of wood-piercing tool is the awl or bradawl, shown in Figs. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z A common awl would answer every purpose for such a puncture; and the puncture is the preferable method for the unskilled practitioner. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z My father took up the awl, and killed the baby with it. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z For pinning on covers as well as backs, a template is cut from wrappers or thin board, which is adjusted on the cover and the register holes made with an awl. Practical Bookbinding 2012-04-02T02:00:23.047Z A straight awl with chisel edge, used to make holes for brads, etc. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z It is obvious that the action of an awl is that of wedging and tearing rather than of cutting, especially when it is operating endways of the grain. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Thomas Cooper, who dropped the awl, took up the pen, and wrote the celebrated poem, "The Purgatory of Suicides," was imprisoned two years and a quarter in Stafford jail. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z Before he said this, he asked her if she would help to kill it, and gave her the awl. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z The awl holes are directed towards the middle of this triangle. Practical Bookbinding 2012-04-02T02:00:23.047Z The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z In this case the belt is merely pierced with an awl, hence none of the leather is removed. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z 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 Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z My father gave her the child and the awl, and she did the same to it that he had done. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z He took from his pocket a huge bone-handled penknife, and displayed its various parts one by one: four blades, a corkscrew, a file, a hook, and an awl. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z He searched Mount's cell, discovered the awl and a file, shouted with laughter, summoned masons to make repairs, and, still laughing, came to visit me. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Bloomfield, the author of the “Farmer’s Boy,” wrote his first poems on the same material with an awl. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z In the carpenter's store forward there were hammers, awls, chisels, files, a saw, hundreds of nails, both sixpenny and fourpenny. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z It is as nearly water-tight as awl and needle and good leather can make it. A Little Wizard 2012-02-15T03:00:38.160Z This was done by an instrument denominated a moccasin awl, which was made of the back spring of an old clasp knife. The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 2012-02-04T03:00:17.917Z The awl lay there, and he pouched it with a chuckle. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Avdyeitch lost no time in putting away his awl; he threw it upon the floor, sprang to the door,—he even stumbled on the stairs, and dropped his spectacles,—and rushed out into the street. Where Love Is There God Is Also 2012-01-20T03:00:10.553Z Jackal, jak′awl, n. a wild, gregarious animal closely allied to the dog—erroneously supposed to act as a lion's provider or hunting scout, hence a tool, a Parasite. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z In 1772 he was apprenticed to a shoemaker, and when he wished to pursue his mathematical studies, he was obliged to work his problems with an awl on beaten leather. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z This awl with its buck-horn handle, was an appendage of every shot pouch strap, together with a roll of buckskin for mending the moccasins. The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 2012-02-04T03:00:17.917Z The compressed heels are first secured together by tacking, and then placed on the platen; and the plunger, with its gang of awls, descends with great force. Scientific American, Vol. XXXVII.?No. 2. [New Series.], July 14, 1877 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:29.743Z Avdyeitch laid down his awl, rose from his seat, put the samovar on the table, poured out the tea, and tapped with his finger at the glass. Where Love Is There God Is Also 2012-01-20T03:00:10.553Z The gentlemen will be in this 'ere awl in twenty minutes.” Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z Process of attaching the ends of bands to boards through holes made with an awl. Library Bookbinding 2011-12-24T03:07:58.950Z Having left the wheelwright and gone back to Flanders, he must hire himself as apprentice to a shoemaker who liked better to stay in the streets than to wield the awl in his workshop. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z The next instrument to proceed with is the graver; consisting of a blade of steel about three inches long, which is fixed in a convenient handle like an awl. A Select Collection of Valuable and Curious Arts and Interesting Experiments, Which are Well Explained and Warranted Genuine and may be Performed Easily, Safely, and at Little Expense. 2011-11-22T03:00:11.870Z After Avdyeitch saw them disappear, he returned to his room; he found his eye-glasses on the stairs,—they were not broken; he picked up his awl, and sat down to work again. Where Love Is There God Is Also 2012-01-20T03:00:10.553Z “Your servant is waiting, Sir, please, for orders in the awl,” murmured the man. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z An awl used for punching holes in boards through which the bands are laced. Library Bookbinding 2011-12-24T03:07:58.950Z He put on torn clothing, and took with him a tame bear which belonged to him, together with an awl, some pitch and some wire. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z And the old man stuck in his awl and got up; but, on seeing a little girl, he called her to take the old woman to the black room. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z The shoemaker needs a knife to cut the leather, another to scrape it, and an awl to perforate it before he can make shoes. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Allspice, awl′spīs, n. a name given to a kind of spice called Pimenta or Jamaica pepper, from its being supposed to combine the flavour of cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z Piercing the boards with an awl so that bands can be laced-in. Library Bookbinding 2011-12-24T03:07:58.950Z Then the bear lay down behind the hearth, Per took out his awl, his pitch and his wire, and set out to make a single large shoe out of the pig’s skin. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z He found his glasses on the staircase,—they were not broken,—and he picked up his awl and again sat down to work. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z Two table knives with white handles—one is marked "W. R.;" a gimlet; an awl; two iron stanchions, 9 inches long, for supporting a weather cloth, which was round the boat. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z One of the convicts struck another with an awl right in the chest, in a place quite near the heart. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z Saws, needles, awls and bone harpoons are found. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z “Wait, old boy, the matter is not so terribly urgent!” said he, and began to defend himself, and pry loose the claws that held him with an awl. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z He stuck the awl into the wood, got up, placed the samov�r on the table, put some tea in the teapot, and tapped with his finger at the window. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z Among the 22 different tools are chisels, awls, a plane, and cutters that were used for carving. Art from WWII Japanese internment camp in Arkansas Delta on display in Little Rock 2011-09-22T19:56:58Z If Uncle Lomof had struck his awl one hair's breadth further in Gavrilka's breast he would certainly have killed him; as it was, the wound did not much signify. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z An awl is used for making holes, and the dried cedar roots for sewing the 54 bark. Indian Scout Talks A Guide for Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls 2011-09-11T02:00:11.207Z Not only am I thinking, but 'tis as if some one were pricking me with an awl. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z Soon as Hyperion gilds old Andrea's spires, From bed the artist to his cell retires, With bended back, there plies his steely awls, And shapes, and stuffs, and finishes the balls. Poems on Golf 2011-09-08T02:00:19.780Z "Pan Zamoyski himself has almost looked his eyes out, and is as if sitting on an awl." The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z The peasant, mad with jealousy, ended by driving an awl into his chest. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z Now your canoe is finished except for the decoration, which may consist of figures drawn with the awl on the soft bark, or of paintings on bow and stern. Indian Scout Talks A Guide for Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls 2011-09-11T02:00:11.207Z He stretched his hand unwittingly once, twice, to his mustaches, and turned them upward like awls, till at last they came near his eyes. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z He was a cobbler, and diligently plied his hammer and awl. Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z You see you do not know, for you are moving those little awls under your nose like a rabbit. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z He still talked of Clavers, and Johnston, and Douglas, and Lag; and the rocks retain to this day, it is said, the names of some of these worthies, engraved by Sutor Bluntie's awl. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX 2011-08-27T02:00:23.817Z Your noble friend, the young, lady at your right, has the sharpest tooth,—long, thin, pointed, like an awl, like a needle; ha, ha! In a Glass Darkly, v. 3/3 2011-08-25T02:00:28.717Z I can now barely sit in my place, just as if some one were pricking me from under the bench with an awl. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z Crispin’s fingers were strong, if small, and he was busy with hammer and awl and waxed thread, making a little shoe. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z Get your moccasins filled with food, get your awls and sinews, your arrows and your bows.’ Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales With notes on the origin, customs and character of the Pawnee people 2011-08-02T02:00:20.603Z Somehow, with nothing more than humble little hammers and awls, these magicians transformed shiny lumps of metal into sophisticated works of art. | Connecticut: Glitter That Epitomized an Ancient Culture 2011-07-23T02:33:11Z The shoes were punctured by awls driven by machinery, and then as the peg strip was carried to it the machine severed the strip into chisel-edged pegs, and peg-driving mechanism drove them into the holes. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z He employed three shoemakers, and his personal estate included: "122 sides of leather, 72 pairs of shoes, 37 awls, 26 paring knives, 12 dozen lasts and numerous curriers' and tanners' tools." The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z The white guard in the outer line had each been armed with a little piece of shining steel three inches long, fixed in a handle—a plain shoemaker's pegging awl. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z He dried up a new milch cow in milkin her 3 times, and planted an aker of beans, last spring, awl in one hill. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z And now we come to the consideration of the extra vowels, beginning with this sound heard short in not, and long in the name of a carpenter's tool, awl. Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class and Moral Culture of Infancy. 2011-06-30T02:00:25.950Z I'll laugh when I sit in my stall, And merrily will sing; That I with my poor last and awl, Am fellow with the king. Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z The night following, I had a great awl lying in the window, the which awl we saw fall down out of the chimney into the ashes by the fire. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z At a given signal they had wheeled and thrust these awls into the thick flesh of every negro's thigh. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z “Hannibal.”—Giving presents, with the hope of receiving presents in return, takes away awl the cream ov giving, or receiving, it is like swopping skim-milk, for milk that has bin skimd. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z Buried with them were a few personal items, such as copper daggers, flat copper axes, and awls. Our Legal Heritage June 2011 (Sixth) Edition 2011-06-03T02:00:23.737Z The shoemaker bangs above his bench, And ponders his shining awl, For love is under the lap-stone hid, And a spell is on the wall. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z Jason Brown turned deadly white, and the hired man thrust the awl through his thumb. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z The thrusting in of the awl has a curious similarity to the cutting and skewering in the sun dance; one may even be pardoned for wondering if it did not so arise. The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians 2011-04-26T02:00:23.287Z Ans.—Kontentment, for with that i could buy awl the rest. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z A series of unusually fine bone awls was found that suggested the name for the ruin. Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 2011-04-24T02:00:07.467Z It was called "Shoeing-horn," from the peculiar form of its beak, which, however, rather resembles the bent awl used by shoemakers. Notes and Letters on the Natural History of Norfolk More Especially on the Birds and Fishes 2011-04-18T02:00:11.353Z Scrub considered his lasts and awls better left behind, as without them, he concluded, no one would suspect him of being a cobbler. Granny's Wonderful Chair & Its Tales of Fairy Times 2011-04-12T02:00:26.413Z Within a few minutes, Jussieu re-appeared, bearing an iron plate, upon which was arrayed a brace of steel awls, set in wooden handles. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z Doctor, you are awl 3 ov these men, in one. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z Axes, bone awls, sandals, pottery, planting sticks, and similar articles were most common, but a few burials were also found. Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 2011-04-24T02:00:07.467Z I left, however, in exchange, a knife, some fire-steels, beads, awls, &c. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. II 2011-03-24T02:00:13.247Z Spare brought out the lasts and awls he had hidden in a corner; Scrub and he began their old trade, and the whole north country found out that there never were such cobblers. Granny's Wonderful Chair & Its Tales of Fairy Times 2011-04-12T02:00:26.413Z Jussieu kneeled upon the floor, and passed his accursed awl across my instep. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z I presented them with beads, awls, etc., and when the women and children returned from the woods, they were gratified with similar articles. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. I 2011-03-24T02:00:11.430Z George bit his lip, scratched his head with the awl, and gave the lingles such a yerk, that he made them both crack in two. The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) 2011-03-05T03:00:28.153Z In other coffins have been found swords, knives, brooches, awls, tweezers, and buttons, all of bronze. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z Of their own party they lost but one warrior, who was stabbed with an awl by an old woman who was sitting at the entrance of her wigwam, stitching moccasins: thus runs the tale. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z Jussieu set his plate upon the floor, and taking one of the awls in his hand, glanced up at his master. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z They keep them in a sheath hanging to their neck, which also contains their awls both of iron and horn. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. I 2011-03-24T02:00:11.430Z George scratched his head with the awl, bit his lip, and looked at his grandfather's sword. The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) 2011-03-05T03:00:28.153Z At times, it even embarrasses me, but as the wise Russians say, 'You can't hide an awl in a sack.' Verotchka's Tales 2011-01-24T03:00:16.880Z The looms, the spindles and the shoemakers’ awls were in awful activity. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z He killed his wife with a shoemaker's awl, pierced her ear when she was asleep,—at least, so it is said, and he confesses it even now in his ravings,—but that's nought. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z In the place, and as the purchase of them, I left some cloth, some small knives, a file, two fire-steels, a comb, rings, with beads and awls. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. I 2011-03-24T02:00:11.430Z The leaves are shaped like a cobbler's awl, rigid, and end in sharp points. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z He might need his screw drivers, awls, chisels, augers, wrenches, saws, any time at all. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z He set to work again with his awl, finished the other slipper, and sent it by the servant-maid to the thrice-wise Helena. Russian Fairy Tales From the Skazki of Polevoi 2010-12-20T17:11:44.353Z An awl is a pointy tool used to make marks on wood. The Media Equation: Against Odds, Web Site Finds Niche 2010-10-25T01:20:00Z The awl of the Elstow tinker himself never could have gone with greater determination through the leather of a pair of bellows, than did Mr Bairnsfather's eye seem to penetrate that written page. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 His weapons, tools and other appliances such as the hammer, hatchet, spear, knife, awl, thread, net, canoe, &c., are the evident rudimentary analogues of what still remains in use among Europeans. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" Often they were marked with an awl into diamond and lozenge patterns and sometimes studded with hand-wrought nails. Remodeled Farmhouses She had put it in water to soften, and had borrowed a shoemaker's knife, an awl, and shears. The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico A thousand miles from home, the plough exchanged for the sword, the awl for the bayonet, in the face of a desperate enemy, and the thing is changed. My First Campaign His lightest command had almost inconceivable power; and yet he was the same man who had hauled wood in St. Louis and sold awls and shoe-pegs in Galena,—he had been developed by opportunity. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 Captain Cook says that the only piece of iron he found among the Tongans was a small broad awl, which had been made of a nail. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II The attacking party had armed themselves with awls, but not, according to their own account, with knives. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology We made presents to every one, of beads, fish-hooks, awls, and trinkets; and that they might have entire confidence in the whole party, our men were furnished with beads to present to them. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea "On the whole," said the latter, "you made a bad bargain when you traded your hammer and awl for a musket and cartridge-box?" Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation Among the steerage passengers there was a little tailor, and two brothers who followed the trade of the awl, who always afforded much mirth to the sailors. Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life Vol. II. He had but one fault to find with the delivery: Mr. Hotchkiss dwelt on his r's until they were as long as a fishing-pole, and as sharp as a shoemaker's awl. Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction I owned one with two blades, a thoroughly practicable can opener, an awl or punch, a combined reamer, nail pull and screwdriver, and a corkscrew. Camp and Trail They consisted of fish-hooks, lines, hatchets, knives, files, fire-steels, kettles, combs, awls, needles, thread, blue and red cloth, gartering, and beads, sufficient to serve a considerable number of Esquimaux for several years. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea Since the machine was designed for leather or other hard material, the needle was preceded by an awl, which pierced a hole. The Invention of the Sewing Machine The future need not give you care, I've left my awl to you; For deep within my inner sole I know that you've been true. The Scrap Book. Volume 1, No. 2 April 1906 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. 'Round the yule-log: Christmas in Norway Powder and lead we have little, for we have come far and killed much game; blue and red cloth we have, medicine glasses, beads, awls, knives, tobacco, and firewater we have much of. Bring Me His Ears He was the most spiritual shoemaker that ever handled an awl. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) Spent it awl in four or five days. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea Using the awl blade on his scout knife, he bored a hole through the plastic back of the case and installed the switch. The Wailing Octopus Matter of temperment, of course--inward, like that, with an awl, you know, or outward, like that'--he swung his fat arms wide--'as an omnigerentual man of affairs: an Agent. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography An awl may be used to make the hole a little larger than the nail so that the arms will revolve easily. Primary Handwork Why, Chapman, think, Think of the cobbler's awl—there's a stout lance To couch at London, there's a conquering point To carry in triumph through Persepolis! Collected Poems Volume Two Only the feathered cape and the specific type of bone awl, or “dagger,” are not recorded. A Burial Cave in Baja California The Palmer Collection, 1887 It contained his bullets, bullet-molds, flints, a bar or two of lead, some tinder for priming, a set of awls. The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman But here another difficulty occurred; they had neither awls for making shoes or boots, nor needles for sewing their garments. The History of Sandford and Merton The most valued presents consisted of knives, chisels, awls, and other small tools. Pathfinders of the Great Plains A Chronicle of La Vérendrye and his Sons He never had an awl in his hand—isn’t it so, Stoffel?” Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland A different sort of shoemaker to your lively Northampton awls; a man who has been in business two hundred years cannot be hurried. Amaryllis at the Fair Leaves awl or scale shaped, and mainly appressed to the stem. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination Spare brought out the lasts and awls he had hidden in a corner; Scrub and he began their old trade, and the whole North Country found out that there never were such cobblers. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales Before putting the cabin together, cut all openings, windows, etc., and mark with an awl the panellings and plank lines. Harper's Young People, July 6, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly But Neruvkâq was cruel to his wife; he would stab her in the leg with an awl, and when the point reached her shinbone, she would snivel with pain. Eskimo Folk-Tales I could handle a plane or a drawshave or a riveting-hammer, or even an awl, for the matter of that, with any of them. Track's End Being the Narrative of Judson Pitcher's Strange Winter Spent There As Told by Himself and Edited by Hayden Carruth Including an Accurate Account of His Numerous Adventures, and the Facts Concerning His Several Surprising Escapes from Death Now First Printed in Full He wears his old fur cap, and holds in one hand a bulky Sunday newspaper, in the other some battered harness, an awl, twine, and wax, which he deposits on the window seat. The Faith Healer A Play in Three Acts In earlier times the shoemaker used to go from house to house with his lapstone, waxed end, awl, and other tools. Makers of Many Things Mark the planking with an awl and straight-edge—not too deep, however, or you will split your deck. Harper's Young People, July 6, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Hindered from obtaining full vengeance, the dwarf determined to punish Loki by sewing his lips together, and as his sword would not pierce them, he borrowed his brother’s awl for the purpose. Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas It is in these caves that we find, not only the rude stone spearheads, scrapers, hammers, etc., the bone awls, borers, and other implements of palæolithic man, but the bones of man himself. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution A hole should be made in the base with a small awl or with a hot wire, and into this should be set a pin, head down. How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity “And to bore with my awl,” cried Bartek the Awl, drawing his sword. Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 He ran the awl far into his finger, but he did not care for that. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales Up one hill awl down another they dashed, sending the loose snow flying in all directions. The Rover Boys in Alaska or Lost in the Fields of Ice He was manipulating skilfully, as one accustomed to the business, with awl and a large needle, surrounded by his glue-pot and bits of leather and paper. A Red Wallflower The small hollow handle tool sets are very handy, and they contain small chisels, awls, screw-driver, etc. How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity Bodkin, an awl used for making the holes in the boards for the slips. Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians Davis greatly admired the awl I bought over the mountains, although it was no more serviceable than the one he had made from the back spring of a clasp-knife. A Virginia Scout Why did the Cave men make holes in their awls? The Later Cave-Men They sewed the skins with edged awls, and that cut the holes rather big, so when the hides dried and shrunk, the threads didn’t fill the holes any more. The Young Alaskans on the Missouri The cobbler looked up, resting his dingy fists upon the bench on each side of the shoe, his awl in one hand, the other half encased in a leathern sheath, black with age. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 And taking his lasts, his awls, and his golden leaf, he left the wattle hut and went to tell the villagers. Granny's Wonderful Chair Cousin’s sister had even remembered to provide a roll of buckskin and an awl for mending our moccasins, and a small package of smoked meat. A Virginia Scout They were more like awls and pins, than needles. The Later Cave-Men He gives them some beads and awls and some paint. The Young Alaskans on the Missouri Now drill a little hole with a straight awl through the bone of the scapular arch, and with a strong needle and thread join that part together. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. Spare brought out the lasts and awls he had hidden in the corner. Granny's Wonderful Chair Neither did they neglect to carry away their spears, their knife and axe, which were almost worn out, or their awls and needles, which were carefully preserved in a box, very ingeniously made of bone. Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. But when the women sewed the hard skins, instead of a needle they used a bone awl. The Later Cave-Men Now the women showed their paint and awls and things. The Young Alaskans on the Missouri Remove all superfluous wax by paring with curved awls of various sizes, and rubbing down with rag wetted in turpentine. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. His awls were sharp and his lasts were new. Granny's Wonderful Chair On the bench were bits of leather, hammers, paring-knives, awls, utensils of every sort. Chimney-Pot Papers They punched holes through the edges with a bone awl. The Later Cave-Men He went straight to his work, stabbing like an awl. The House with the Green Shutters In their walks the English met with working implements made of shells, and sharpened stones shaped like axes, scissors, and awls. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century But when he went into the house he saw the man playing with an awl, and with rapid strokes making furrows in the wall in some strange fashion. St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh Odd tools—a hammer, a file, a wrench, and a brad awl—mingled with them. Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters What bones do you think the Cave-men would use first in making needles and awls? The Later Cave-Men With an awl that he took from his belt Brock pierced Loki's lips. The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths They took, for the journey, four pounds of powder, four pounds of lead, two axes, two dozen knives, two kettles, and a few awls and beads. The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago At length he unearthed the little case from a box containing an odd assortment of light hardware, broken knives, stray nails, an awl or two, and a collection of trout reels and flies. In Blue Creek Cañon Leg bones of the turkey were used for awls, bodkins, needles, and similar objects. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 They were not so smooth nor so round as the awls she had made of bird’s bones. The Later Cave-Men There under the willows a boy crams cherries into his mouth with the one hand, and with the other punches the tree with a long, sharp awl. The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Then with an awl or with the point of the scissors make holes in the sides, in which put fins cut out of brown paper, fixing them in with glue. Woodland Tales Some have conjectured that the specimens produced before the natives obtained awl blades from the colonists were very inferior to their later productions. Wampum A Paper Presented to the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia The collection consists of awls, bodkins, needles, whistles, and tubes made of the bones of birds and quadrupeds. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 We were not without money, for our father had put his desk in the canoe, awl in it we found a sum of money, considerable for our wants. The Story of Nelson also "The Grateful Indian", "The Boatswain's Son" I was sitting under the wall, plaiting shoes, when I lost my awl, but I found a little coin, and I bought a little scarf, and gave it to a pretty girl.” More Russian Picture Tales Thereupon he laid aside his awl to assume the dignity of a charlatan. Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery You may even need to use the awl to pierce the armor like skin. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration Other forms of bone awls are shown in e, f, g, and j. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 Owen marked with the awl on his own leather apron. The Cobbler In The Devil's Kitchen From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899 All that is needed when a strap breaks, is that each ploughman should have an awl and a leather-cutter to stitch the leather. The Eyes of Asia Then, dispensing with his trowel or awl, he devoted himself to the sale of pellets, lotions and gargles, possessing marvellous virtues! Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery A little work with a sharp awl will put the lids in place with lashes disposed aright. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration For repairing harness, saddles, bridles, and numerous other purposes of daily necessity, the awl and buckskin will be found in constant requisition. The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions Truly, sir, all that I live by is with the awl. The Ontario High School Reader A small soldering iron, with pointed end, should be provided; also metal shears and a small square; an awl and several sizes of gimlets; a screwdriver; pair of pliers and wire cutters p. Electricity for Boys They had been compelled to exercise great patience and endurance in this task, particularly in the work with the awl and tendons. The Last of the Chiefs A Story of the Great Sioux War The glass eyes are to be cut from their wires and set, drawing the lids around them with an awl. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration The sewing was done with an awl and buckskin strings. The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions Then he took an awl, heated it red-hot, and applied it to her eye—her sound one. Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore With a book in one hand and an awl in the other, Ollier prepared himself for his future career. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 The foot of bark projecting beyond each stake was covered in each case with another piece of bark folded firmly over it and sewed to the sides by means of an awl and deer tendon. The Last of the Chiefs A Story of the Great Sioux War When it is dry this can be dug out with awls and modelling tools and the tongue, gums, and inside the mouth modelled in mache or some plaster composition. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration Without the awl and buckskins we should have been unable to have repaired the shoes. The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions At the same moment he caught up a hatchet, and hammered away vigorously with the back of it at the awl. Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore Then the people took the leg bone of the deer and splintered it So they made sharp pieces for awls. Myths and Legends of the Great Plains With this he covered the injured place, and sewed it to the canoe, using an awl as a needle and the split roots of a tree as thread. The Walrus Hunters A Romance of the Realms of Ice What few hairs are drawn down by this can be picked out later with a needle or awl. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration There were blankets and guns, and axes and knives, powder and shot, and beads and awls, and nets and twine. Ungava While he spoke Ian was actively untying a bundle which contained awls and wattape, a small pliable root, with which to repair the injury. The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood Then they took buffalo skins and sinews, and with the awl they fastened the skins together. Myths and Legends of the Great Plains Most workers cut the dovetail pins on the drawer fronts and the drawer backs first, after which they mark the drawer sides with the marking awl. Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. An awl, or piece of wire will be useful for this. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration Two dozen fire-steels, and a pretty large assortment of awls, needles, thread, nails, and such like small articles, which, though extremely useful, were too numerous and comparatively insignificant to mention in detail. Ungava My gimlet would serve as an awl or sailmaker’s needle, though not an efficient substitute. Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures "Tompkins forsakes his last and awl For literary squabbles; Styles himself poet; but his trade Remains the same,—he cobbles." Pushing to the Front "You will have to get the roots of the white spruce, and sew with that, as a cobbler sews, using a knife for awl." A Mating in the Wilds No objects of metal or fragments of pottery were discovered in course of the excavations, and of bone there were only two small pointed objects and an awl having a perforation at one end. The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore Some boring tools, like awls, force the material apart, and some, like augers, remove material. Handwork in Wood To cut, indent or mark with a tool, such as a knife, awl or compass, so as to form a cutting line for the workman. Carpentry for Boys In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on Drawing, Laying Out Work, Designing and Architecture With 250 Original Illustrations Formal indents for "awls, brad," etc., were therefore out of the question. The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion The child being half dead, they raised him on his feet, and while two of them held him by the arms, the rest pierced his body on all sides with their awls and bodkins. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March For sewing the hides together they used an awl of bone. Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' The women used sinew of the deer or buffalo instead of thread, and for needles they had awls made of elk horn. Omaha Dwellings, Furniture and Implements Thirteenth Annual Report of the Beaurau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1891-1892, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896 pages 263-288 The "Odd Job" Tool.—A most useful special tool, which combines in its make-up a level, plumb try-square, miter-square, bevel, scratch awl, depth gage, marking gage, miter gage, beam compass, and a one-foot rule. Carpentry for Boys In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on Drawing, Laying Out Work, Designing and Architecture With 250 Original Illustrations I will try to tell you what she was like,—for I can remember her, after all these years, just as she stood, a saddler's awl in her hand, by the great table at Darrow. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 The implements of the Bronze Age include swords, awls, knives, gouges, hammers, daggers and arrow-heads. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Three awls, used in the weaving of blankets and baskets. Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Pueblos of Zuñi, New Mexico, and Wolpi, Arizona, in 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 511-594 Maybe shoo thinks to stop mi folly, An let me taste o' melancholy; But just to spite her awl be jolly, An say mi say; Awl fire away another volley Tho' shoo says "Nay." Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect Never employ an awl for this work, as the fiber of the wood will be torn up by it. Carpentry for Boys In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on Drawing, Laying Out Work, Designing and Architecture With 250 Original Illustrations It handled every tool, from a pitchfork to an awl, and made the whole of a rake, the bows, teeth, head and staff. Confessions of Boyhood The boy must see to the shop to-day, no sublunary care of awl or leather, customers and groschen, must check the rushing flood of thought. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology Three awls used in weaving blankets and baskets. Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Pueblos of Zuñi, New Mexico, and Wolpi, Arizona, in 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 511-594 The fossil layer is carefully prospected with small tools, chisels, awls and whisk brooms exposing the bones as they lie in the rocks. c. Dinosaurs With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections In skirted, leather hunting shirt and leggings, knife and pistols in the belt and powder horn, bullet mold, screw and awl hanging from a strap across his chest, he was the typical "mountain man." The Emigrant Trail We took from this deposit four seal-skins to repair our shoes, and left in exchange a copper-kettle, some awls and beads. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 The lines on the face are formed by dexterously running an awl under the cuticle, and then drawing a cord, dipt in charcoal and water, through the canal thus formed. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1 Then said he, it would be better if he had his brother’s awl, and as soon as he named it the awl was there and it pierced Loke’s lips. The Younger Edda Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda They were carefully arranged for use as a fire bed; on and around them were potsherds, flint chips, animal and bird bones, and a bone awl. Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 Hanson caught up a bit of sun-stuff on the sharp point of the awl and brought it closer, until it burned his hands. The Sky Is Falling After the land was ploughed we found many arrow-heads, awls of bone and flint, and fragments of pottery. The Story of Cooperstown The stone tools and weapons found in the heaps are axes, knives, hammers, awls, lance heads, and sling stones—all of rude make. The Cave Boy of the Age of Stone They had neither awls for making shoes and boots, nor needles for sewing their clothes. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 433 Volume 17, New Series, April 17, 1852 It took her just above her left eye with a sound like an awl punching through leather and her cry was terrible. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town Hanson clutched at the scrap he had pocketed, but it showed no sign of leaving, and the tiny blob of sun-stuff remained fixed to the awl. The Sky Is Falling We found spearheads, game and war points in large numbers," says Dr. White, "as well as drills, punches or awls, scrapers, knives, hammer-stones, and sinkers. The Story of Cooperstown We went away free from any burden, while those poor miserables thought themselves happy to carry our equipage in the hope of getting a brass ring, or an awl, or a needle.… Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark I print the necessary information on each tag with a small, steel awl, and such labels are still legible after twenty-five years. Growing Nuts in the North A Personal Story of the Author's Experience of 33 Years with Nut Culture in Minnesota and Wisconsin The list also includes the bones of the muskrat and turtle, as of other animals, not only in their natural shape, but carved into the form of implements of small size, as awls, etc. Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 117-166 He snapped the diamond lens to his eye and his fingers caught at the drop of sun-stuff on the awl. The Sky Is Falling Jean was busy helping M. de Radisson at the trade, or what was called "trade," when white men gave an awl for forty beaver-skins. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade The gifts consisted of kettles and hatchets and awls and needles and looking-glasses and bells and combs and paint, but not guns. Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark Let me catch thee ligging a finger o' one o' mine, an' awl mak this fold too little for thee, an' sharply too; ha can ta fashion! Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley Implantation cysts are caused by the accidental transference of portions of the epidermis into the underlying connective tissue, as may occur in wounds by needles, awls, forks, or thorns. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. I bid ye boy put ye same awl in ye cupboard which I saw done, and ye door shut too. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4 His awl, too, was still sticking in the folds of his turban—sticking forth aloft right gallantly like some heron's plume. Halil the Pedlar A Tale of Old Stambul In your kit of tools it is well to have a few straps, an awl, and waxed ends, against the time that something breaks. How to Camp Out "Oh, beam my life, my awl to me!" Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 1, January 5, 1884. A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside Archie was seated on the floor, with an awl in one hand, and a piece of stout twine in the other; and, while he was working at the pack-saddle, his tongue was moving rapidly. Frank Among The Rancheros When ye same awl came down ye chimney again in our sight, and I took it up myselfe. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4 The most successful received a reward at the hands of the governor, consisting of either a knife or an awl. The Makers of Canada: Champlain By the aid of a gimlet or awl, four holes should now be made through the board, beneath the end of each cross piece, and also directly under the side piece. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making "Then I went to the table to look after the money, but there was a shoemaker under the table, and my! how he stuck his awl into me." English Fairy Tales After their furs are traded, a few flints, awls, and hooks, and a trifle of ammunition is given them, in proportion to their hunts, and then—"Va-t-en." Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume II. Ye next night I had a great awl that I kept in the window, the which awl I saw fall down ye chimney into ye ashes. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4 These honorary gifts were followed by presents of paint, moccasins, awls, knives, beads and looking-glasses. History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6. This piecing may be accomplished with an awl and Indian twine, or by the aid of a large needle threaded with the same, sewing with an over-and-over stitch around the edge of each piece. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making Then the two clenched awl fell heavily against the rail. The Rover Boys on Land and Sea The Crusoes of Seven Islands Some of us would even withhold the awls and hooks, if we could; others, at the risk of being "hauled up" for extravagance, would add another hook to the number. Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume II. Ye same day in ye afternoon, my thread four times taken away and come downe ye chimney againe; my awl and a gimlet wanting came down ye chimney. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4 In selecting the awl to be used, do not take a very large one. Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 In the shepherd state they wrote their songs with thorns and awls on straps of leather, which they wound round their crooks. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 But, having admitted this, I am bound in common justice and honesty to say that so big a liar never put an awl into leather. The Ned M'Keown Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Others will upheave the blacksmith's hammer, or drive the plane over the carpenter's bench, or take the lapstone and the awl, and learn the trade of shoe-making. True Stories of History and Biography The Lilliput shoelings glistered like Spelt in the tiny brown hands of the workmen, as, turned to and fro, they came under the numerous and almost invisible hammers and awls. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 The awl blades mentioned above are of two kinds, and either may be used for this work. Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 The hours, from one to three went fairly well, but by 3:30 I was tired out, my fingers had grown wooden with fatigue, glue-pot and folding-line, board, hammer and awl had grown indistinct. The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls "If only I had Sindri's awl," sighed the dwarf, and instantly his brother's awl was in his hand. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) These are made within spaces about three-sixteenths of an inch square each, by a styles which resembles a small, dull awl or centre punch. The World As I Have Found It Sequel to Incidents in the Life of a Blind Girl "I'll earn 'em," said the cobbler, with a savage dash of his awl which one of his fingers barely escaped. All He Knew A Story Slip the welt as previously described between the edges, and pass the awl through the lot. Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 Before me was a board, black with stains of leather, an awl, a hammer, a pot of foulest-smelling glue, and a package of piece-work, ticketed. The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls But some of them may disappear and the others be greatly modified into awls for piercing, or a tube for sucking honey. The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 Another case was that of a young man who had lost his sight by the puncture of an awl, and the discharge of the aqueous humour through the wound. Evidence of Christianity "Certainly, ma'am," said Sam, plying the needle and awl vigorously. All He Knew A Story Draw out the awl, and by following the point, pass up the bottom needle with the left hand. Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 The front of the knife should contain a long, narrow pen-blade of soft steel; a cobbler's awl, slightly bent; and a packing-needle with a large eye, to push thongs and twine through holes in leather. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries If, however, they chose to remain with their wives and children, the ear of the servant was bored with an awl to the door-post, and his servitude became perpetual. The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861) The people who had resided on shore, saw no appearance of metal of any kind, but several tools, which were made of shells and stones, sharpened and fitted into handles, like adzes, chissels, and awls. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 12 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time On one occasion, we are told, he pierced three holes in a shoemaker's nose with his own awl, and caused a tun of brandy to flow from it for the refreshment of the crowd. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 88, April, 1875 Make another hole with the awl about one-third of an inch from the first. Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 The needles and awls in use are conveniently carried in some kind of metal tube, with wads of cork at either end, to preserve their points. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries What struggles in those who concluded to take the fatal 'awl' through their ears, before they could make up their minds to be slaves forever. The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861) Then she hastily gathered up the string, pulled the brad awl from the woodwork, and put them in her pocket. One of the 28th A Tale of Waterloo Finally pass the end of the lacing through the first hole used, then outward through an awl hole, then hammering it down to cause it to hold. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 The lines on the face are formed by dextrously running an awl under the cuticle and then drawing a cord, dipped in charcoal and water, through the canal thus formed. The Journey to the Polar Sea Beads, shells, tobacco, needles, awls, cotton caps, handkerchiefs, clasp-knives, small axes, spear and arrow heads, generally answer this purpose. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries The awl made its record in the master's door-post, as well as in the servant's ear. The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861) However she gave a sigh of relief when the operation was complete, and the string and brad awl hidden away. One of the 28th A Tale of Waterloo Padna thought it must be very dreary to sit there all day among old and new boots, pieces of leather, boxes of brass eyelets, awls, knives, and punchers. Waysiders We took from this deposit four seal-skins to repair our shoes and left in exchange a copper-kettle, some awls and beads. The Journey to the Polar Sea He works with a file, a chisel, and an awl. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories On the walls hung hammers, pliers, awls, chisels, nippers, and so on, and there were three hanging clocks which were ticking; one was a big clock with thick weights, such as one sees in eating-houses. The Party She took from her pocket a ball of thin string, one end of which was attached to a tiny brad awl. One of the 28th A Tale of Waterloo Padna admired the skilful manner in which he made the holes with his awl and drew the wax-end with rapid strokes. Waysiders On a thong at her neck hung a piece of yellow stone which she had bored through with an awl, or rather with three or four awls, after much labor, that very day. The Covered Wagon "She comes here to-morrow," said Latour, sharply, and his steel gray eyes were suddenly fixed on Sabatier as though they went straight to his soul with the penetration of a shoemaker's awl. The Light That Lures He gave her also a small mirror, a knife, a nail, an awl, and a few other toys of small value, with which she seemed much pleased. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. And there the awl and pegs and bits of leather, speaking the silent language of picture writing, can be clearly shown. The Art of the Moving Picture "Nonsense!" said the shoemaker, reaching out for an awl. Waysiders The Copper Indians set a great value on this native metal even at the present day, and prefer it to iron for almost every use except that of a hatchet, a knife, and an awl. Pioneers in Canada The tools employed are a short knife or a miniature head-axe and an awl. The Tinguian Social, Religious, and Economic Life of a Philippine Tribe At Ragley, Mr. Greatrakes declared that he was present at the trial, and that an awl would not penetrate the stool on which the unlucky enchantress was made to stand: a clear proof of guilt. Cock Lane and Common-Sense This will make a spring clamp that is opened to slip over the articles to be clamped together by inserting a scratch awl or scriber between the legs at the bowed portion. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do And he would take his servant out to the door of the home, and standing him up against the door-jamb would pierce the lobe of his ear through with an awl. Quiet Talks on Service There were muskets, powder, and lead, blankets in all colors, coarse cloth, knives, hatchets, kettles, awls, needles, and other staples of the trade. Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 A rude instrument for combining the horse-hair, awls, buttons, and thread, heaped on a small bench, showed that active work had been but recently interrupted. Frontier Stories The restrictions of more abstemious times have relegated the ancient bar to dust, the idle awl to slow-consuming rust. Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile Being a Desultory Narrative of a Trip Through New England, New York, Canada, and the West, By "Chauffeur" After transferring the design to the brass, use a small awl to punch the holes in the brass along the outlines of the figures traced. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do With provident care, a little box had been placed under the seat of the wagon, containing an awl, waxed ends, and various other little conveniences exactly suited to an emergency like the present. Wau-bun The Early Day in the Northwest Primitive copper knives and awls are also abundant. The Glories of Ireland How much does the idea thou givest me of thy deserved torments, by thy upright awls, bodkins, pins, and packing-needles, by thy rolling hogshead with iron spikes, and by thy macerated sides, delight me! Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7 They packed in such a hurry that they left many little things lying in camp,—knives and awls, bone needles and moccasins. Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People One sheet of metal, 6 by 9-1/2 in., a board on which to work it, and an awl and hammer, will be needed. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do I did not see this opened, but have seen the mounds and many ornaments, awls, &c., said to have been found near the central body. A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians Friendship is like the cobbler's tye, That binds two soles in unity; But love is like the cobbler's awl, That pierces through the soul and all. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 353, January 24, 1829 He had brought a piece of tanned cowhide for the soles of my shoes, an awl, a sailor's thimble, needles, coarse thread, a ball of wax, and a sharp knife. The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate Neither the man nor his wife must use an awl while he is absent from his lodge, and is trying to catch the birds. Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People With an awl pierce the metal between the marginal line and the design, as shown. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do Avdyeeich put down his awl, got up, placed the samovar on the table, put some tea in it, and tapped on the window with his fingers. Christmas in Legend and Story A Book for Boys and Girls Where clamps and screws are used care should be taken to make slight holes in the wood with an awl before starting the screws so as to lessen any tendency to split the wood. Flying Machines: construction and operation; a practical book which shows, in illustrations, working plans and text, how to build and navigate the modern airship He obtained a large quantity of relics, which are also fully described, consisting of stone implements, pottery, cotton and feather cloth, osier and palmillo mats, yucca sandals, weaving sticks, bone awls, corn and beans. Arizona Sketches When Papa put new half soles on our shoes, he would punch holes with an awl and we little kids always wanted to place the shoe tacks in the holes. The Life of Me; an autobiography A box or so of hob-nails for your own boots, a waxed end and awl, a whetstone, a file, and a piece of buckskin for strings and patches complete the list. The Mountains Avdyeeich did not stop to put away his awl, but pitched it on the floor, rushed into the courtyard, and in his haste stumbled on the steps and dropped his glasses. Christmas in Legend and Story A Book for Boys and Girls "Dhrap it!" shouted Mr Button, springing from the barrel as if someone had stuck an awl into him. The Blue Lagoon: a romance There was no ink, no pen or pencil, but with her bone awl she pressed upon the white side of the bark the following words: MR. Old Indian Days Mother badger, in her excited way, had pierced hard through the buckskin and stuck her fingers repeatedly with her sharp awl until she had laid aside her work. Old Indian Legends In the morning, they opened their budgets, and began a brisk trade in knives, awls, beads, and other trinkets, which they exchanged for corn and beans. France and England in North America; a Series of Historical Narratives — Part 3 He put away his tools, swept up the cuttings, removed the brushes and tips, put away the awl, took down the lamp, placed it on the table, and took down the Gospels from the shelf. Christmas in Legend and Story A Book for Boys and Girls At nine-thirty and with dirty daylight cluttering up the cluttered room, the alarm-clock, full of heinous vigor, bored like an awl into the morning. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It Ascending these steps, she could feel the glance of every passer-by boring into the very back of her head, awls crawling through and through her. Star-Dust "It is a goodly craft," answered the officer; "but casting in thy lot with ours, doubt not that thou shalt be set beyond thine awl, and thy last to boot." Woodstock; or, the Cavalier Each man labored with needle and awl to patch his failing garments, or supply their place with buffalo or deer skins. France and England in North America; a Series of Historical Narratives — Part 3 Happy they who are blessed with an intelligent awl pious companion, whose kind suggestions may detect their errors, refresh their recollections, quell their fears, and comfort their desponding hours! Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I The pit dwellers also practised some domestic industries, as Dr. Stevens found a needle, an awl or bodkin, and fragments of pointed bone, probably used for sewing skins together. English Villages Tell us if the Hebrew who thus had his ear bored by his master with an awl was not a slave for life? Slavery Ordained of God Lord," said the soutar, as he sat guiding his awl through sole and welt and upper of the shoe on his last, "there's surely something at work i' the yoong man! Salted with Fire To sew those skins they use the tendons of animals beat and split into threads, and to pierce the skins they apply the bone of a heron's leg, sharpened like an awl. History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing The needles are operated alternately, so that the needle may pass the thread through the hole made just previously by the awl, before the leather has been moved forward. Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. Some flint-flakes are of the knifelike character; others resemble awls, or borers, with sharp points evidently for making holes in skins for the purpose of constructing a garment. English Villages The needle was one without an eye, a mere awl, which made holes through which the thread was pushed. The Story of Ab A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man If Thomas Cooper had passed his first five-and-twenty years at the plough tail instead of the shoemaker's awl, many words would have been left unsaid which, once spoken, working men are not likely to forget. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography When they can procure pieces thereof large enough to make pipes, they fashion them with knives and awls. History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing She was very fierce, but he pinned her down with an awl and a needle. Fairy Tales; Their Origin and Meaning With Some Account of Dwellers in Fairyland Then if the slave did not wish to desert his family, he had his ears pierced with an awl, and became his master's property forever. Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I Including His Answers to the Clergy, His Oration at His Brother's Grave, Etc., Etc. First, we display to them our stock of goods, composed of knives, needles, awls, scissors, paints, dyestuffs, leather, and various fabrics in gay colors. Canyons of the Colorado She has her little work-bag with awl and sinew, and learns to make small moccasins as her mother makes large ones. The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day The shoemaker is hard at work with needle and awl. History of California Crossing the burn or brook near Loch Migdal she grew very restless, and the man stuck the awl and the needle into her with great force. Fairy Tales; Their Origin and Meaning With Some Account of Dwellers in Fairyland They scratched this on a slab of slatelike rock, with a sharp iron awl; and, reckoning the present day as about October first, agreed that every waking-time they would cross off one square. Darkness and Dawn Applied to such instruments as knives, awls, etc. The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire "I went to the table to look after the money and there was a shoemaker under the table, and he stuck his awl into me." English Fairy Tales He had a seat assigned him provided with awls, thread, wax, and the more solid, but equally needful companion, a lapstone. Whig Against Tory The Military Adventures of a Shoemaker, a Tale of the Revolution "It's awl right, mate!" he said, rather testily. The Ghost Pirates I placed the bootmaker's awl in one strap, and his last-hook in the other, and with "two roses" mantling my cheeks, postured for the contest. Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 38, December 17, 1870. Use wax, and thread, and awl each day While there's light to work we'll haste, For health and time soon pass away. Sugar and Spice So, as soon as the woman had departed, he took the awl that he used in stitching, and drove it into his eye and destroyed it. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 If they did not attend the Parish Church twice a day they would become apprehensive as to both their temporal respectability awl spiritual welfare. Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston She was fierce, but he kept her quiet by driving an awl and a needle into her. The Celtic Twilight Close beside my mother I sat on a rug, with a scrap of buckskin in one hand and an awl in the other. American Indian stories You go and ask Vic Norris if he's got an awl or a small gimlet—see? Roy Blakeley's Adventures in Camp Their points, closely examined, were seen to be finely bearded or barbed, and shaped like an awl, that is, a little concave, to give the barbs effect. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 Your noble friend, the young lady at your right, has the sharpest tooth,--long, thin, pointed, like an awl, like a needle; ha, ha! Carmilla Again he drove the awl and needle into her. The Celtic Twilight With an awl she pierced the buckskin, and skillfully threaded it with the white sinew. American Indian stories Their food was supplied by the Indians, to whom they gave, in return, cloth, knives, awls, needles, and various trinkets. The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century Nick saw the Ghost was getting in a passion, And therefore, groping till he found the chair, Seized on his awl, crept softly out of bed, And follow'd quaking where the Specter led. The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe I did not see this opened, but have seen the mounds and many ornaments, awls, &c., said to have been found near the central body. An Introduction to the mortuary customs of the North American Indians Hannah and me and the young uns and Sally will awl be so glad to see you and you can role in clover awl day if you like. Self-Raised Or, From the Depths My knife, my awl, will be another's: whose, ah! whose? Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 Like the sorcerer of the Middle Ages, he made images of those he wished to destroy, and, muttering incantations, punctured them with an awl, whereupon the persons represented sickened and pined away. The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century Then, with the assistance of an awl which he introduced alternately into each of the seven holes, he pressed upon seven of the little mosaic stones. The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar Metallic buttons are found well preserved, a sewing awl is quite plainly distinguishable, and an old-fashioned, quaint-looking bridle-bit retains much of its original form. History of the Donner Party, a Tragedy of the Sierra Captain Lewis wrote that each man had "only one awl and one knitting- pin, half an ounce of vermilion, two needles, a few skeins of thread, and a yard of ribbon." The Bird-Woman of the Lewis and Clark Expedition They packed in such a hurry that they left many little things lying in camp—knives and awls, bone needles and moccasins. The Great Salt Lake Trail “Well,” said I, “may there never be night in Sleepton, and may Nightmare never have rest save on an awl’s point if ye bring me not back where ye found me.” The Visions of the Sleeping Bard He thrust the awl into each of the seven holes. The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar The sharp point of a curved sewing-awl has grown with rust until it is larger than the body of the awl. History of the Donner Party, a Tragedy of the Sierra The drummer's muscles jerked under the torture as though his anatomy were being prodded with an awl. Ranson's Folly Uncle Henry sat down again, looking as Shep did when Cousin Ann told him to get up on the couch, and took up his needle and awl. Understood Betsy And the pale features began to work, awl the large deep eyes filled with tears, and the neat moment she fell back into a chair sobbing hysterically. A Siren My shoe bench I sold for a trifle, and my pegs and awls were consigned to the children for playthings. The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter Indoor: discussion in tepid security of unsolved historical and criminal problems: lecture of unexpurgated exotic erotic masterpieces: house carpentry with toolbox containing hammer, awl nails, screws, tintacks, gimlet, tweezers, bullnose plane and turnscrew. Ulysses The Sioux Indians will not stick an awl or a needle into a stick of wood on the fire, or chop on it with an axe or a knife. Atlantis : the antediluvian world The last act of ownership performed by the master was the piercing of the right ear with an awl. Landholding in England But his father would be mending—leather perhaps, and sewing, as he liked to sew, with hog bristles—the beeswax and the awls lying in the bottom of a chair drawn to his side. The Reign of Law; a tale of the Kentucky hemp fields "Dirty vermin!" he snapped at them, and his eyes gleamed with a smile sharp as an awl. Mother The man, mistaking him for the tradesman, seized the geomancer and with a sharp awl pierced his eyes, blinding him for ever. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 He turned and walked slowly back to his car, pulled the awl out of the door, and went inside. Kilo : being the love story of Eliph' Hewlitt, book agent Thus anchored on a host of points, the stern pioneer is able to hit the obstacle harder with its diadem of awls. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography If we examine the knives, awls, scrapers, and saws, we come to the same conclusion, although comparison is not so easy. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples An awl makes no dust, and the hole nearly closes up again. Wessex Tales And "hahaha" echoed the old man, still sitting with the awl in his hand. The Great Hunger From one of these loops he extracted a handle, and deftly fitted something that looked like a steel awl to the socket in the handle. The Clue of the Twisted Candle With its crown of awls driven into the pith, the animal frets and fidgets, sways on the pivot of its anal armor. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography "A knife is always a knife, an awl is always an awl," remarks M. Cartailhac; "they were made at every period, and their resemblance to each other proves nothing with any certainty." Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples ‘No, I’ll show you,’ said his interesting companion; and she held up with her other hand a shoemaker’s awl and a hammer. Wessex Tales Mr. Penny made another hole with his awl, pushed in the thread, and looked up and spoke again at the extension of arms. Under the Greenwood Tree, or, the Mellstock quire; a rural painting of the Dutch school Looking in wonder, and with no little apprehension, Kara saw that the awl was bent at the head. The Clue of the Twisted Candle He listened in silence, his eyes fixed on him, his work on his lap, his hand with the awl hanging by his side. Donal Grant, by George MacDonald Any man would rather have his shoes mended by a heretical cobbler than by a person who had subscribed all the thirty-nine articles, but had never handled an awl. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 A rude instrument for combing the horse hair, awls, buttons, and thread heaped on a small bench showed that active work had been but recently interrupted. By Shore and Sedge Can it be expected that such a one when dining with a duchess shall speak of his father's small shop, or bring into the light of day his grandfather's cobbler's awl? The Prime Minister "See you not the scar of the awl?" Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ "I am sure they did," replied Nicola, laying his awl down and straightening a piece of thread with his hands. Childhood We gave him half a yard of cloth, two axes, two knives, and two awls. Narratives of New Netherland, 1609-1664 Others will upheave the blacksmith's hammer, or drive the plane over the carpenter's bench, or take the lapstone and the awl and learn the trade of shoemaking. Grandfather's Chair His captor sits, with beaded face and grim, Plying a listless awl, as in a dream Of pastures winding by a shady stream. Songs, Merry and Sad The master, even as I required him, took me to the judges, and back to his door, and thrust the awl through my ear into the door, and I was his servant forever. Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ This done, he brought a forcing awl, a small hammer, a box of pegs, and a pair of clippers. The Financier, a novel We exchanged here one beaver skin for one awl. Narratives of New Netherland, 1609-1664 Truly, Sir, all that I live by is with the awl; I meddle with no tradesman's matters, nor women's matters, but with awl. Julius Caesar We cut with a knife, we pierce with an awl, we weave with a shuttle, we name with a name. Cratylus A white turban covered her head, leaving the lobes of the ear exposed, and in them the sign that settled her condition--an orifice bored by a thick awl. Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ Other implements of the expert scribe were a pencil, compasses, scissors, an awl, a knife for erasures, a ruler, and a weight to keep down the vellum. Old English Libraries And after that Jeronimus gave the chief two knives, two pairs of scissors, and a few awls and needles that we had with us. Narratives of New Netherland, 1609-1664 Leave the plough and the cart for a little time: put aside the needle and the awl—Is leather thy brother, O man?... The Crock of Gold The shuttle will be made by the carpenter; the awl by the smith or skilled person. Cratylus Father sent me down to the store for some awls, and he'll be fretting because I don't get back. Frank's Campaign, or, Farm and Camp Truly, Sir, all that I live by is with the awl; I meddle with no tradesman's matters, nor women's matters, but with awl. Julius Caesar His attentions were now turned toward the parents, whom he presented with an awl and a little tobacco, and having thus secured their good-will, continued to smoke his pipe, and watch the salmon. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West Mr. Stuart urged him to accompany them as guide, promising to reward him with a pistol with powder and ball, a knife, an awl, some blue beads, a blanket, and a looking-glass. Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains SOCRATES: And when the piercer uses the awl, whose work will he be using well? Cratylus These honorary gifts were followed by presents of paint, moccasins, awls, knives, beads, and looking-glasses. First Across the Continent The story of the exploring expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6 Swords, guns, matchlocks, short pipe-stems with copper mountings, iron awls, and a flint and steel were inseparable from every Cossack. Taras Bulba and Other Tales Truly, Sir, all that I live by is with the awl; I meddle with no tradesman's matters, nor women's matters, but with awl. Julius Caesar The Point of Sagittarius' Dart Turns to an awl, by heav'nly Art; And Vulcan, wheedled by his Wife, Will forge for thee a Paring-Knife. Bickerstaff-Partridge Papers SOCRATES: And may not a similar description be given of an awl, and of instruments in general? Cratylus They carried with them for this purpose a small collection of awls, knitting-pins, and armbands, with which they obtained several bushels of the root of cows, and some bread of the same material. First Across the Continent The story of the exploring expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6 Anything that he drove his awl into became a pair of boots—and boots for which you would be thankful, although he WAS a bit foul of the mouth. Dead Souls What has this wretch to do with souls, Or with backsliders either, Whose business only is his awls, His lasts, his thread, and leather? Cavalier Songs and Ballads of England from 1642 to 1684 |
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