GIMLETED

Verb

gimleted

simple past tense and past participle of gimlet

Source: Wiktionary


GIMLET

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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