Awl may refer to:
Tools
Bradawl, a woodworking hand tool for making small holes Scratch awl, a woodworking layout and point-making tool used to scribe a line Stitching awl, a tool for piercing holes in a variety of materials such as leather or canvases
Biology Butterfly species called "awl", of the family Hesperiidae Awls, genus Hasora Awl-flies, family Xylophagidae Awl nematode, or genus Dolichodorus
People Aime M. Awl (1887–1973), American scientific illustrator Farah Awl (1937–1991), Somali writer William Maclay Awl (1799–1876), American psychiatrist and politician
Other uses AA-4 'Awl', the NATO reporting name for the Raduga K-9 air-to-air missile Academic Word List, a word frequency list from a broad range of academic texts Alaska Wilderness League, a U.S. nonprofit organization Alliance for Workers' Liberty, a Trotskyist group in Britain Arizona Winter League, a former instructional baseball league The Awl, a current events and culture website in New York City Statement List (German: Anweisungsliste (AWL)), an instruction list language of Siemens Alas Nacionales, a former airline, ICAO airline code AWL
See also
Owl (disambiguation) Aul, a type of fortified village found throughout the Caucasus mountains and Central Asia Ahlspiess or awl pike, a 15th–16th century thrusting spear