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gimleting
present participle of 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
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States