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Gimlet
Gim′let
,Noun.
[Also written and pronounced
gimbled
] [OF. ]
guimbelet
, guibelet
, F. gibelet
, prob. fr. OD. wimpel
, weme
, a bore, wemelen
to bore, to wimble. See Wimble
, Noun.
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
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Gimleted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gimleting
.] 1.
To pierce or make with a gimlet.
2.
(Naut.)
To turn round (an anchor) by the stock, with a motion like turning a gimlet.