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1 gimlet -- rank: 1000

gimlet definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a cocktail ... lime juice 2: hand tool for boring holes [syn: auger, gimlet, screw auger, wimble] Merriam Webster's I. noun Etymology: Middle ... transitive verb Date: 1840 to pierce as if with a gimlet IV. noun Etymology: probably from 1gimlet Date: 1928 a drink ... cocktail usu. of gin and lime-juice. Phrases and idioms: gimlet eye an eye with a piercing glance. Etymology: ME f. OF guimbelet, dimin. of guimble Webster's 1913 Dictionary Gimlet Gim"let, n. [Also written and pronounced gimbled] [OF. guimbelet ... a leading screw, a grooved body, and a cross handle. Gimlet eye, a squint-eye. [Colloq.] --Wright. Webster's 1913 ...

2 Gimlet eye -- rank: 897

Gimlet eye definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Gimlet Gim"let, n. [Also written and pronounced gimbled] [OF. guimbelet ... a leading screw, a grooved body, and a cross handle. Gimlet eye, a squint-eye. [Colloq.] --Wright.

3 gimlet-eyed -- rank: 867

gimlet-eyed definitions Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 1752 sharp-sighted

4 Bore -- rank: 480

... body and make a round hole by turning an auger, gimlet, or other instrument. Hence, to make hollow;; to form a ... for making holes by boring or turning, as an auger, gimlet or wimble. BORE, n. A tide, swelling above another tide ... by boring for water or oil); to bore with a gimlet; to bore into a tree (as insects). 2. To be ... or penetrate, as a solid body, by turning an auger, gimlet, drill, or other instrument; to make a round hole in ...

5 Wimble -- rank: 414

... 2005) n 1: hand tool for boring holes [syn: auger, gimlet, screw auger, wimble] Merriam Webster's I. noun Etymology: Middle ... 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 ...

6 Auger -- rank: 414

... snake, auger] 2: hand tool for boring holes [syn: auger, gimlet, screw auger, wimble] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Middle English ... tool for boring holes larger than those bored by a gimlet. It has a handle placed crosswise by which it is ... bit, corkscrew, cross bit, cusp, diamond drill, drill, drill press, gimlet, hand drill, keyway drill, mucro, neb, needle, nib, point, portable ...

7 Gimleting -- rank: 414

Gimleting definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Gimlet Gim"let, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gimleted; p. pr ... vb. n. Gimleting.] 1. To pierce or make with a gimlet. 2. (Naut.) To turn round (an anchor) by the stock, with a motion like turning a gimlet.

8 Gimleted -- rank: 414

Gimleted definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Gimlet Gim"let, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gimleted; p. pr ... vb. n. Gimleting.] 1. To pierce or make with a gimlet. 2. (Naut.) To turn round (an anchor) by the stock, with a motion like turning a gimlet.

9 gimbled -- rank: 327

gimbled definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Gimlet Gim"let, n. [Also written and pronounced gimbled] [OF. guimbelet ... a leading screw, a grooved body, and a cross handle. Gimlet eye, a squint-eye. [Colloq.] --Wright.

10 Trepan -- rank: 207

... perforating the skull, turned, when used, like a bit or gimlet. See Trephine. 2. (Mining) A kind of broad chisel for ...

11 Thrown -- rank: 207

... G. drehen, OHG. dr[=a]jan, L. terebra an auger, gimlet, Gr. ? to bore, to turn, ? to pierce, ? a hole. Cf ...

12 Throw -- rank: 207

... G. drehen, OHG. dr[=a]jan, L. terebra an auger, gimlet, Gr. ? to bore, to turn, ? to pierce, ? a hole. Cf ...

13 Threw -- rank: 207

... G. drehen, OHG. dr[=a]jan, L. terebra an auger, gimlet, Gr. ? to bore, to turn, ? to pierce, ? a hole. Cf ...

14 Terebrate -- rank: 207

... t. [L. terebro, tero.] To bore; to perforate with a gimlet. [Little used.] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Terebrate Ter"e*brate ...

15 Piercel -- rank: 207

... Piercel Pier"cel, n. [Cf. F. perce.] A kind of gimlet for making vents in casks; -- called also piercer.