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Indian awl

• a square, double-ended awl of steel, used in canoe-making, Lather-working, etc.

  See also: square awl  

  • 1821  (1938)  Awls, Indian, doz. 12.
  • 1942  Holes are made in the bark with an Indian awl, and the root pulled through in a tight cross-stitch.