† wimblet Obs.
Also 7 wimlet.
[f. wimble n. after gimlet.]
A gimlet or auger.
| 1670 Short Relat. Suff. Quakers 62 They got a Wimlet, and bored a hole in the Mault-Floor. a 1711 Ken Anodynes Poet. Wks. 1721 III. 440 Saw, Bodkin, Fish-hook, Wimblet, Dart, To stab, tear, jag, or gore each part. |