bradawl

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brad·awl

(brăd′ôl′)

An awl with a beveled tip, used to make holes in wood for brads or screws.

bradawl

(ˈbrædˌɔːl)

(Tools) an awl used to pierce wood, leather, or other materials for the insertion of brads, screws, etc

brad•awl

(ˈbrædˌɔl)

n.

an awl for making small holes in wood for brads.

[1815–25]

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Noun

bradawl - an awl for making small holes for brads or small screws

pricker

awl - a pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes

Translations

punteruolo

bradawl

n → Ahle f, → Pfriem m

bradawl

[ˈbrædˌɔːl] n → punteruolo

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Suiting the action to the word, he thrust her rather suddenly and prematurely into a chair, and designing to reassure her by a little harmless jocularity, such as is adapted to please and fascinate the sex, converted his right forefinger into an ideal bradawl or gimlet, and made as though he would screw the same into her side-- whereat Miss Miggs shrieked again, and evinced symptoms of faintness.

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All you need to fit this type of hook is a bradawl, a screwdriver and some screws - they're easy.

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Use a bradawl to make pilot holes for the screws and screw the baseplate in place.