wim|ble

wim|ble
wim|ble «WIHM buhl», noun, verb, -bled, -bling.
–n.
a tool for boring: a) = timblet. b) = auger. (Cf. ↑auger) c) = brace and bit. (Cf. ↑brace and bit) d) an instrument for boring in soft ground, or for extracting rubbish from a bore hole in mining.
–v.t.
Dialect. to pierce with or as with a wimble; make (a hole) with a wimble.
╂[perhaps < Anglo-French wimbel, Old French guimble < Middle Low German wemel. Compare etym. under gimlet1. (Cf. ↑gimlet)]

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