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Wimble   Listen
noun
Wimble  n.  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."
(b)
A stonecutter's brace for boring holes in stone.
(c)
An auger used for boring in earth.






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"Wimble" Quotes from Famous Books



... my dear Miss Tempest," said Wimble, trying to raise Violet from her knees beside the Squire. She was gazing into that awful face distractedly—half divining its solemn meaning—yet watching for the kind eyes to open and look at her again. "Come ...
— Vixen, Volume I. • M. E. Braddon

... same answer. When with her joiner's wimble she has patiently bored the beam to a depth of nine inches, would she be able to cut out and place in position the thousand and one pieces which the Silky Leaf-cutter employs for her nest? Time would fail her, even as it would fail a Megachile who, lacking the Capricorn's chamber, had ...
— Bramble-bees and Others • J. Henri Fabre

... bit, Jem Wimble, not a bit. Never you mind him, Master Don, you strike for freedom. Make your uncle give you your father's money, and then off you goes like ...
— The Adventures of Don Lavington - Nolens Volens • George Manville Fenn



Words linked to "Wimble" :   auger, drill, screw auger, gimlet



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