nall
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Either from Icelandic nál (“needle”), or from an awl, like newt, from ewt.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nall (plural nalls)
- (obsolete, UK, dialect) An awl.
- 1557 February 13, Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie., London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […], 1810, →OCLC:
- , And apron, and scissars for head and for tail,
Whole bridle and saddle, whitleather, and nall,
With collars and harness, for thiller and all […]