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<h1>Gimlet</h1> <Xpage=625>

<hw>Gim"let</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <altsp>[Also written and pronounced <asp>gimbled</asp> <tt>(<?/)</tt>]</altsp> <ety>[OF. <ets>guimbelet</ets>, <ets>guibelet</ets>, F. <ets>gibelet</ets>, prob. fr. OD. <ets>wimpel</ets>, <ets>weme</ets>, a bore, <ets>wemelen</ets> to bore, to wimble. See <er>Wimble</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>A small tool for boring holes. It has a leading screw, a grooved body, and a cross handle.</def>

<cs><col>Gimlet eye</col>, <cd>a squint-eye. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> <i>Wright</i>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Gimlet</h1> <Xpage=625>

<hw>Gim"let</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Gimleted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Gimleting</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To pierce or make with a gimlet.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To turn round (an anchor) by the stock, with a motion like turning a gimlet.</def>

<h1>Gimmal</h1> <Xpage=625>

<hw>Gim"mal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. the same word as <ets>gemel</ets>. See <er>Gemel</er>, and cf. <er>Gimbal</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Joined work whose parts move within each other; a pair or series of interlocked rings.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A quaint piece of machinery; a gimmer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Gommal</h1> <Xpage=625>

<hw>Gom"mal</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Made or consisting of interlocked ring<?/ or links; <as>as, <ex>gimmal</ex> mail</as>.</def>

<blockquote>In their pale dull mouths the <b>gimmal</b> bit Lies foul with chewed grass. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Gimmal joint</col>. <cd>See <cref>Gimbal joint</cref>, under <er>Gimbal</er>.</cd></cs>

<mhw><h1>Gimmer, Gimmor</h1> <Xpage=625>

<hw>Gim"mer</hw>, <hw>Gim"mor</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></mhw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Gimmal</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>A piece of mechanism; mechanical device or contrivance; a gimcrack.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i> <i>Shak.</i>

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<h1>Gimp</h1> <Xpage=626>

<hw>Gimp</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[W. <ets>gwymp</ets> fair, neat, comely.]</ety> <def>Smart; spruce; trim; nice.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Gimp</h1> <Xpage=626>

<hw>Gimp</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>guimpe</ets>, <ets>guimple</ets>, a nun's wimple, F. <ets>guimpe</ets>, OHG. <ets>wimpal</ets> a veil G. <ets>wimpel</ets> pennon, pendant. See <er>Wimple</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>A narrow ornamental fabric of silk, woolen, or cotton, often with a metallic wire, or sometimes a coarse cord, running through it; -- used as trimming for dresses, furniture, etc.</def>

<blockquote>Gimp nail, an upholsterer's small nail.

<h1>Gimp</h1> <Xpage=626>

<hw>Gimp</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To notch; to indent; to jag.</def>

<h1>Gin</h1> <Xpage=626>

<hw>Gin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>prep.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>ge</ets>\'a0<tt>n.</tt> See <er>Again</er>.]</ety> <def>Against; near by; towards; <as>as, <ex>gin</ex> night</as>.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<i>A. Ross (1778).</i>

<h1>Gin</h1> <Xpage=626>