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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wimble \Wim"ble\, n. [OE. wimbil akin to Dan. vimmel OD
wemelen to bore. Cf {Gimlet}.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wimble \Wim"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wimbled}; p. pr & vb n.
{Wimbling}.]
To bore or pierce, as with a wimble. ``A foot soldier . . .
wimbled also a hole through said coffin.'' --Wood.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wimble \Wim"ble\, a. [Cf. Sw vimmelkantig giddy, whimsical,
dial. Sw vimmla to be giddy or skittish, and E. whim.]
Active; nimble.[Obs.] --Spenser.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
wimble
n : hand tool for boring holes [syn: {auger}, {gimlet}, {screw
auger}]
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