GIMLET

n. v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.

2.
v.

To pierce or make with a gimlet.

3.
v.

To turn round (an anchor) by the stock, with a motion like turning a gimlet.


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