Words of the Day

trow‧el /ˈtraʊəl/ noun [countable]  1 a garden tool like a very small spade

from Old French truele "trowel" (13c.), from Late Latin truella "small ladle, dipper" (mid-12c.), diminutive of Latin trua "a stirring spoon, ladle, skimmer."

- Apparently this gave him an idea: he
stuck his trowel into the ground, sat back on his haunches and pulled a
flattened smoke packet out of his jeans. (French - In the woods)

- On the grass near the tree Mary had dropped her trowel. Colin stretched out
his hand and took it up. An odd expression came into his face and he began
to scratch at the earth. His thin hand was weak enough but presently as
they watched him—Mary with quite breathless interest—he drove the end of
the trowel into the soil and turned some over. (Hodgson - The secret garden)

Cf. asymmetrical. What’s the difference?

Maybe see http://wikidiff.com/unsymmetrical/asymmetrical

Examples:

- As for symmetry: again, spiders are quite symmetrical, while some flowers, such as orchids, are very unsymmetrical, yet we do not find them any less attractive for that. So I do not think that symmetry, colour and contrast are all that we are seeing in flowers when we imagine that we are seeing beauty. (Deutsch - Infinity)

- Powered by liquid-fueled motors, the fuels and oxidizers in question were dangerous, corrosive chemicals—unsymmetrical dimethyl hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide—and the fact that they were called “storable” liquids was a relative statement. (Clancy - All Fears)

'pass or cause to pass easily or gently through or as if through the air'

Examples:

- Mia introduces me to Hassan, who disappears into the bakery, leaving the door open so that the warm aroma of butter and vanilla waft into the morning air. (Gayle Forman - Where she went)

- Voice recorder in my face, phone clicking away in his other hand, waft of foul patchouli pomade off his hair – Crowley just about comes up to my nose. I manage not to shoulder the little bollix in the gob on my way past him; can’t be arsed with the paperwork. Behind me I hear Steve say (Tana French - The Trespasser)