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Auk vs Aul - What's the difference?

auk | aul |

As nouns the difference between auk and aul

is that auk is any of several species of arctic sea birds of the family alcidae while aul is a village encampment in the caucasus, central asia or the southern urals or aul can be .

auk

English

Alternative forms

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Noun

(wikipedia auk) (en noun)
  • Any of several species of Arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae .

    • Synonyms

    * alcid

    aul

    English

    (wikipedia aul)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * auol

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A village encampment in the Caucasus, Central Asia or the Southern Urals.
  • * 1973 , Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow :
    • His sorrel face, his long narrow eyes and dusty boots, where he goes on his travels and what really transpires inside the lonely hide tents Out There, among the auls , out in that wind, these are mysteries they don’t care to enter or touch.

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (head)
  • * 1611 , Exodus, King James Version, 21:6:
    • and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul

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