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howel
[ hou-uhl ]
noun
- a channel cut along the inside edge of a barrel stave to receive the barrelhead.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of howel1
1795–1805; perhaps < Danish hövl < Middle Low German hövel; cognate with German Hobel kind of plane
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Example Sentences
Howel was silent, seeming to look curiously at the golden toy in the priest's hand, as it shifted restlessly backward and forward.
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Howel was growing anxious for me as the darkness fell, and was glad to greet me, and I suppose my face told him somewhat.
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I had listened for some sound from Howel and Evan, but since the footsteps passed up the glen I had heard none until this moment.
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"One would call such a place as this 'the devil's cauldron' in our land," said Howel.
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Yonder in the Cymric land beyond the narrow sea whence Howel came it shall not be lost.
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