Category:Wimble

Wim"ble, n. Etym: [oe. wimbil; akin to dan. vimmel, od. wemelen to Bore. Cf. Gimlet.]

Defn: 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.

Wimble Wim"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wimbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Wimbling.]

Defn: to bore or pierce, as with a wimble. "a foot soldier . . . Wimbled also a hole through said coffin." Wood.

Wimble Wim"ble, a. Etym: [cf. Sw. vimmelkantig giddy, whimsical, dial. Sw. Vimmla to be giddy or skittish, and e. whim.]

Defn: active; nimble.[Obs.] Spenser.