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    names is pegging-awl loon, a reference to its sharply pointed bill, which resembles a sailmaker's awl (a tool also known as a "pegging awl" in New England)...
    45 KB (5,177 words) - 22:26, 15 April 2024
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    sliver, not to damage the material. Traces of this survive in the use of awls to make eyelet holes in fabric by separating rather than cutting the threads...
    16 KB (1,950 words) - 08:21, 22 March 2024