GIMLET Gim"let, n. [Also written and pronounced gimbled (] Etym: [OF. guimbelet, guibelet, F. gibelet, prob. fr. OD. wimpel, weme, a bore, wemelen to bore, to wimble. See Wimble, n.]
Defn: A small tool for boring holes. It has a leading screw, a grooved body, and a cross handle. Gimlet eye, a squint-eye. [Colloq.] Wright.
GIMLET
Gim"let, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gimleted; p. pr. & vb. n. Gimleting.]
1. To pierce or make with a gimlet.
2. (Naut.)
Defn: To turn round (an anchor) by the stock, with a motion like turning a gimlet.
GIMMAL
Gim"mal, n. Etym: [Prob. the same word as gemel. See Gemel, and cf.
Gimbal.]
1. Joined work whose parts move within each other; a pair or series of interlocked rings.
2. A quaint piece of machinery; a gimmer. [Obs.]
GIMMAL
Gim"mal, a.