AWL-SHAPED
Awl"-shaped`, a.
1. Shaped like an awl.
2. (Nat. Hist.)
Defn: Subulate. See Subulate. Gray.
AWLWORT
Awl"wort`, n. Etym: [Awl + wort.] (Bot.)
Defn: A plant (Subularia aquatica), with awl-shaped leaves.
AWM
Awm (m), n.
Defn: See Aam.
AWN Awn, n. Etym: [OE. awn, agune, from Icel. ögn, pl. agnir; akin to Sw. agn, Dan. avne, Goth. ahana, OHG. agana, G. agen, ahne, chaff, Gr. egla; prob. from same root as E. acute. See 3d Ear. (Bot.)
Defn: The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista. Gray.