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active; nimble
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Examples
- 1579, Edward Hake, Newes out of Powles Churchyarde, London: John Charlewood and Richard Jhones, “The first Satyr,” And casting backe mine eye, I spyde a pretie wymble lad, Who saluing of his mate, dyd aske what newes were to be had.
- 1614, John Davies, The Shepheards Pipe, London: George Norton, “An Eclogue between yong Willy the singer of his natiue Pastorals, and old WERNOCKE his friend,” Then nought can be atchieu’d with witty shewes, Sith griefe of Elde accloyen wimble wit;
- 1755, Moses Mendez, “The Squire of Dames” Canto 1, Stanza 27, in Robert Dodsley (editor), A Collection of Poems in Four Volumes, London: R. & J. Dodsley, Volume 4, p. 135, Man throws the wimble bait, and greedy woman bites.
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A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Any of various hand tools for boring holes.
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To truss (hay) with a wimble.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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To bore or pierce, as with a wimble.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- 1692, Anthony Wood, Athenae Oxonienses, London: Lackington et al., 1820, Volume 4, p. 39, [...] a foot soldier had hid himself [...] and being greedy of prey, crept into the vault, and cut so much of the velvet pall that covered the great body, as he judged would hardly be missed, and wimbled also a hole thro’ the said coffin that was largest [...]
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hand tool for boring holes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: auger, gimlet, screw auger
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Broader terms: drill
Related to whim.
Perhaps a variant of Wimbley or Wimple.
From Middle English wymble, wymbel. Compare Middle Dutch wimmel, Middle Low German wimel, wemel.
From Middle English wimblen, from the noun (above). Compare Middle Low German wemelen.
Across languages
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Bulgarian:
дрелка
(drelka)
— Hand tool for boring holes
