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Wimble

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. An instrument for boring holes, turned by a handle. Specifically:

2. A gimlet. " It is but like the little wimble, to let in the greater auger." Selden.

3. A stonecutter's brace for boring holes in stone.

4. An auger used for boring in earth.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To bore or pierce, as with a wimble. "A foot soldier . . . wimbled also a hole through said coffin." Wood.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Active; nimble.[Obs.] Spenser.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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