Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See nawl.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Obs. or Prov. Eng. An awl.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete, UK, dialect An awl.

Etymologies

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Either from Icelandic (see needle) or from an awl, like newt, from ewt.

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Examples

  • They are now attacking me because I have hit the nall on the head.

    Open Thread for The Weekend 2006

  • They are now attacking me because I have hit the nall on the head.

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  • A cannon-nall had come skipping towards them over the surface, to make its final plunge a cable's length away.

    Hornblower And The Hotspur Forester, C. S. 1962

  • A cannon-nall had skipped from the top of one wave crest and plunged into the next.

    Hornblower And The Hotspur Forester, C. S. 1962

  • The scream of a cannon-nall and a simultaneous crash.

    Hornblower And The Hotspur Forester, C. S. 1962

  • There was the horrid howl of a passing cannon-nall somewhere near; there were two jets of water from the surface of the sea, one on each quarter, and that was all Hornblower saw or heard of the broadside.

    Hornblower And The Hotspur Forester, C. S. 1962

  • Along with the sound and the flash came the rending crash of splintered woodwork, the loud ringing noise as a cannon-nall hit the breech of a gun, the shriek of the flying splinters, and following on that came the screaming of a wounded man, cutting through the sudden new stillness.

    Hornblower And The Hotspur Forester, C. S. 1962

  • You've clearly learned a lot about resilience, perseverance and dedication from your mother -- nall valuable life lessons.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2010

  • Now being from somewhere other than Texas, I was under the impression it was pronounced pedd-er-nall-is.

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  • May 22, 2006: WKYC began broadcasting nall of our local newscasts in high definition, becoming the 2nd station in the market to do so.

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