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Gimlet

Gim'let, n.

noun

n. [Also written and pronounced gimblet (gim'blet).] [O. Fr. guimbelet, N. Fr. gibelet, from O. D. wimpel, weme, a bore, wemelen, to bore, Eng. wimple, q. v.; Ger. windelbohrer.] A borer; a small instrument, usually with a pointed screw at the end, for boring holes by turning it with the hand.

Gĭm'let, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. GIMLETED; p. pr. & vb. n. GIMLETING.]

Sense 1. To pierce with a gimlet.

Sense 2. (Naut.) To turn round, as an anchor, by the stock, that is, with a motion like the turning of a gimlet.