Wimble
Wimble , noun
[Old English wimbil; akin to Danish vimmel, OD. wemelen to bore. Compare Gimlet.]
An instrument for boring holes, turned by a handle.
(a)
A gimlet.
(b)
A stonecutter's brace for boring holes in stone.
(c)
An auger used for boring in earth.
It is but like the little wimble, to let in the greater auger.
Wimble , transitive verb
To bore or pierce, as with a wimble.
A foot soldier... wimbled also a hole through said coffin.
Wimble , adjective
[Compare Swedish vimmelkantig giddy, whimsical, dial. Swedish vimmla to be giddy or skittish, and English whim.]
Active; nimble. [Obsolete] — Spenser