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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

A tool used by coopers for smoothing and chamfering rheir work, especially the inside of casks.

Verb.

To smooth; to plane;

as, to

howel

a cask

howel ‎(plural howels)

A tool used by coopers for smoothing and chamfering their work, especially the inside of casks.

howel ‎(third-person singular simple present howels, present participle howelling, simple past and past participle howelled)