WIMBLE
auger, gimlet, screw auger, wimble
(noun) hand tool for boring holes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
wimble (plural wimbles)
Any of various hand tools for boring holes.
Etymology 2
Verb
wimble (third-person singular simple present wimbles, present participle wimbling, simple past and past participle wimbled)
(transitive) To truss hay with a wimble.
To bore or pierce, as with a wimble.
Etymology 3
Adjective
wimble (comparative more wimble, superlative most wimble)
(obsolete) active; nimble
Source: Wiktionary
Wim"ble, n. Etym: [OE. wimbil; akin to Dan. vimmel, OD. wemelen to bore. Cf. Gimlet.]
Definition: An instrument for boring holes, turned by a handle. Specifically: (a) A gimlet. " It is but like the little wimble, to let in the greater auger." Selden. (b) A stonecutter's brace for boring holes in stone. (c) An auger used for boring in earth.
Wim"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wimbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Wimbling.]
Definition: To bore or pierce, as with a wimble. "A foot soldier . . . wimbled also a hole through said coffin." Wood.
Wim"ble, a. Etym: [Cf. Sw. vimmelkantig giddy, whimsical, dial. Sw. vimmla to be giddy or skittish, and E. whim.]
Definition: Active; nimble.[Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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