مِعْوَلٌ

[A pickaxe, or stone-cutter's pick; (so in the present day;)] the iron implement, (K,) a large فَأْس, (S, O, Msb,) with which are pecked, or hollowed out, (S, O, K,) rocks, or great masses of stone, (S, O,) or mountains: (K:) plural مَعَاوِلُ. (S, O.) [See also صَاقُورٌ.]