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GIMLET
auger, gimlet, screw auger, wimble
(noun) hand tool for boring holes
gimlet
(noun) a cocktail made of gin or vodka and lime juice
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
gimlet (plural gimlets)
A small screw-tipped tool for boring holes.
Coordinate terms: auger, awl, drill
A cocktail, usually made with gin and lime juice.
Coordinate term: martini
Verb
gimlet (third-person singular simple present gimlets, present participle gimletting or gimleting, simple past and past participle gimletted or gimleted)
To pierce or bore holes (as if using a gimlet).
(nautical, transitive) To turn round (an anchor) as if turning a gimlet.
Source: Wiktionary
Gim"let, n. [Also written and pronounced gimbled (] Etym: [OF. guimbelet, guibelet, F. gibelet, prob. fr. OD. wimpel, weme, a bore, wemelen to bore, to wimble. See Wimble, n.]
Definition: A small tool for boring holes. It has a leading screw, a grooved body, and a cross handle. Gimlet eye, a squint-eye. [Colloq.] Wright.
Gim"let, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gimleted; p. pr. & vb. n. Gimleting.]
1. To pierce or make with a gimlet.
2. (Naut.)
Definition: To turn round (an anchor) by the stock, with a motion like turning a gimlet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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