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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Wimble (0.00860 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Wimble.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: wimble wimble n : hand tool for boring holes [syn: auger, gimlet, screw auger ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Wimble 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Wimble \Wim"ble\, a. [Cf. Sw. vimmelkantig giddy, whimsical, dial. Sw. vimmla to be giddy or skittish, and E. whim.] Active; nimble.[Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

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