Alternative form of AWOL (“absent without leave”)

A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc.

plural of awl

Any fly in the family Xylophagidae, which resemble ichneumon wasps.

A plant, Subularia aquatica, with awl-shaped leaves.

Any hummingbird of the genus Avocettula.

plural of awlbill

plural of awlet

Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera Bibasis and Burara.

Avocettula recurvirostris, a hummingbird.