Gimlet

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A small tool for boring holes. It has a leading screw, a grooved body, and a cross handle. Gimlet eye, a squint-eye. [Colloq.] Wright.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To pierce or make with a gimlet.

2. To turn round (an anchor) by the stock, with a motion like turning a gimlet.