wimble noun & verb. ['wɪmb(ǝ)l] Now dial. & techn. In sense A.4 also wimbel, wimbrel [-br(ǝ)l]. ME.
[from Anglo-Norman from Germanic base also of GIMLET.]
A. noun.
1. A gimlet. ME.

2. An auger. Also, a brace. LME.

3. An instrument for boring in soft ground or for extracting rubbish from a bore-hole in mining. L17.

4. An implement for twisting together strands of straw etc. to make rope. M19.
b. verb.
1. verb trans.
a. Pierce (as) with a wimble; make (a hole) with a wimble. obsolete exc. dial. LME.
b. Make (a rope) using a wimble. dial. L19.

2. verb intrans. Bore into. Chiefly fig., penetrate or insinuate oneself into. obsolete exc. dial. E17.

■ wimbler noun M20.

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