gimletn.¹

/ˈɡɪmlɪt/

Forms: Middle English gym(e)lot, Middle English–1500s gymlet, (1500s gymlocke), 1600s–1800s gimblet, 1600s– gimlet.

Etymology: < Old French guinbelet, guimbelet (later guibelet , modern French gibelet ), a diminutive of the word (unrecorded in the Romance languages) which appears in English as wimble n.

a. A kind of boring tool (see quot. 1842).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > piercing or boring tools > [noun] > auger or gimlet

augereOE

wimble1295

wimble?1362

gimletc1420

tarrierc1460

borel1488

wimbrekin1489

screw1577

nail piercer1584

worm1594

nail-passer1662

wimblet1670

c1420 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 357 Then came the good Bachus..On hys hede he had a thredebare kendall hood; A gymlot and a fauset thereopon stood.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 194/2 Gymelot, penetral.

c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 67 A gymlet sharpe to broche & perce sone to turne & twyne.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 188 Foret, a gymlet.

1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. i. viii. f. 19/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I The salte rilles..doe so seperate the one of them from the other, that they resemble the slope course of the cutting part of a skrew or gimlet, in very perfite maner.

1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse i. i. 71 in Wks. II From thence shoot the Bridge, childe, to the Cranes i' the Vintry, And see, there the gimblets, how they make their entry!

1722 P. Dudley in Philos. Trans. 1720–21 (Royal Soc.) 31 27 You must also Tap the Tree with a small Gimblet..so as to draw the Liquor off.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 252 Some have affirmed that the animal [sc. the woodpecker] uses its tongue, as a gimblet, to bore with.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. ii. 30 Six large pieces of iron, about eighteen inches long, with a gimblet at one end of each, and a square at the other, which fitted to a handle.

1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 979 Gimlet, or perhaps more properly Gimblet, a piece of steel of a semi-cylindrical form, hollow on one side, having a cross handle at one end and a worm or screw at the other.

1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic §263. 98 Gimlets are of two kinds, plain and twisted.

1881 H. James Portrait of Lady III. xv. 223 She paused, with a gaze like a gimlet.

b. figurative.

ΚΠ

1925 T. Hardy Human Shows 34 In the waves they bore their gimlets of light.

1946 John Bull 18 May 14/4 Crowthers was..a little gimlet of a man with glasses.

c. A cocktail, usually consisting of gin and lime juice.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > cocktail > [noun] > gin cocktail

gin sling1790

thunder and lightning1802

Tom Collins1876

Martini1884

silver-fizz1901

pahit1902

pink gin1903

Clover Club1925

gimlet1928

gin and it1929

pink lady1929

Alexander1930

Gibson1930

silver bullet1930

Singapore sling1930

White Lady1930

pink1942

negroni1947

pinkers1961

dirty martini1991

1928 D. B. Wesson I'll never be Cured iii. 73 The ‘Gimlet’ we were introduced to..at the Golf Club: and it proved to be the well and flavorably known ricky, but described as ‘gin, a spot of lime, and soda’.

1937 N. Coward Present Indicative ix. 378 Standing about in the ward-room accepting with gracious melancholy ‘gimlet’ after ‘gimlet’.

1953 R. Chandler Long Good-bye iii. 18 A real gimlet is half gin and half Rose's Lime Juice and nothing else.

2. (See quot. 1770.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > class Flagellata or Mastigophora > subclass Flagellidia > [noun] > order Phytoflagellida > specific members of genus Volvox

globe animal1753

gimlet1770

glutton1770

1770 J. Ellis in Philos. Trans. 1769 (Royal Soc.) 59 150 Fig. 5. is the volvox terebrella, or the gimblet. This animal..moves along swiftly, turning itself round as it swims, just as if boring its way.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

gimlet-borer n.

ΚΠ

1872–6 G. E. Voyle Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) at Borer A new pattern hand gimlet borer has been introduced into the service..to be used instead of the hook borer.

gimlet-maker n.

ΚΠ

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Gimlet-maker, Gimblet-maker.

C2.

gimlet-eye n. (a) a squint-eye, (b) a sharp or piercing eye.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > sense organ > sight organ > types of sight organ > [noun]

ferret-eye1590

squirrel eyes1600

hawk's eye1684

piercer1752

gimlet-eye1825

lynx-eye1828

bug-eyes1905

camera eye1908

night eye1934

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > squinting or cross-eyes > squinting eye

walleye1526

cockeye1738

swivel eye1765

gimlet-eye1825

squinter1873

1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Gimlick-eye, a squint, vulgo, cock~eye.

1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. iii. 54 [A] head..from which one lively little gimlet eye went glancing about.

1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders 238 ‘What said ye yer name was?’ said the old dame again, looking at me with her gimlet eyes.

gimlet-eyed adj. having a gimlet-eye.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > types of vision > [adjective] > clear- or sharp-sighted

bright-eyeda1393

sightya1400

well-eyeda1425

well-seeing?a1425

eagle-eyeda1475

well-sighteda1529

clear-eyed1530

quick-sighted1542

oculate1549

quick-eyed1561

eyed1563

sharpsighted1571

clear-sighted1586

eagle-sighted1589

lynx-eyed1597

mouse-eyed1599

lycophosed1600

lycophosy1600

right-eyed1600

nimble-eyed1605

perspicacious1616

lyncean1622

piercing-sighted1630

perspicuous1657

sharp-eyed1672

gimlet-eyed1752

keen-eyed1781

keen-sighted1813

hawk-eyed1818

accipitrine1872

accipitral1881

1752 S. Foote Taste i. 10 She has a Sister at Hampton-Court..she had but one Eye indeed, but that was a Piercer..we were call'd the gimlet-ey'd Family.

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Gimblet eyed, squinting.

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Gimlet-eyed, squint-eyed or ‘swivel-eyed’.

1948 W. Lewis Let. 30 Jan. (1963) 429 A gimlet eyed rat steeped in classical learning.

1956 Observer 18 Mar. 15/2 ‘All for Love, or the World Ill Lost’ is the message that issues from Shakespeare's gimlet-eyed indictment of Helen and Cressida.

gimlet-hole n. a hole made by a gimlet.

ΚΠ

1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. ii. 35 A few Gimlet-holes to let in Air.

1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. I. viii. 315 The cider..is to be drawn off the lees by boring a gimlet-hole at the bottom of the cask.

Derivatives

ˈgimletize v. (transitive) to pierce with a gimlet (nonce-word).

ΚΠ

1861 E. D. Cook Paul Foster's Daughter ii. 31 A private detective, ready to peer into anybody's cupboards and gimletise anybody's doors.

Draft additions 1993

attributive passing into adj. transferred. Of sight, understanding, etc.: acute, sharp, piercing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > of action: involving or requiring vigour > vigorous or intense in operation

strongeOE

smartc1300

steevec1300

keen1340

piercinga1400

perceantc1400

forta1513

incisive1528

vigorous1548

forcible1555

emphatical1581

searching1590

nervous1616

strenuous1632

arrowy1650

intent1650

urging1658

sinewous1663

emphatic1689

drastic1808

needling1839

shrewd1842

gimlet1894

1894Gimlet eyes [see gimlet-eye n. at Compounds 2].

1901 ‘G. Douglas’ House with Green Shutters xiv. 143 He was one of the gimlet characters who, by diligence and memory, gain prizes in their schooldays—and are fools for the remainder of their days.

1983 Sunday Tel. 9 Oct. 7/1 A swift, sidelong stare which manages to be gimlet and gleeful at the same time.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

† gimletn.²

Forms: Middle English gymlotte, 1500s gymley, gymlett, 1600s gymblett.

Etymology: apparently an altered form (with substitution of -lotte , -let suffix, for the equivalent -ling suffix¹) of gimlin(ge, kimnel n.

Obsolete.

A large shallow tub, used for salting bacon and for other purposes.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > container for curing meat or fish

kimnel1335

gimletc1391

powdering tub1530

salting-tub1556

powdering trough1595

war-back1682

potting-pot1737

salting-pan1816

salting-press1831

salting-trough1842

kench1874

society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > tub > [noun] > large

soec1300

tankard1310

gimletc1391

standard1454

stander1459

knop1563

roof trough1665

ringe1720

drum1830

c1391 Earl Derby's Exp. (Camden) 86 j scope et ij gym~lottes, xiijs. j ferdkyn (pr. iiijd.) pro nauibus.

?1562 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 163 One showill and one gymley, xij d.

1574 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 251 Two gymletts for salting of fleshe in the larderhouse.

1610 Althorp MS in J. N. Simpkinson Washingtons (1860) App. 7 Itm formes ij, Itm tunnell dishes iij, Itm gymbletts j.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

gimletv.

/ˈɡɪmlɪt/

Etymology: < gimlet n.¹

1. transitive. To pierce with or as with a gimlet.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > make (an opening or hole) [verb (transitive)] > make an opening or hole in or into > bore, pierce, or perforate > with something sharp-pointed

shearOE

sting993

stickOE

spita1225

wound?c1225

stitchc1230

pitcha1275

threstc1275

forprick1297

steekc1300

piercec1325

rivec1330

dag?a1400

jag?a1400

lancec1400

pickc1400

tamec1400

forpierce1413

punch1440

launch1460

thringc1485

empiercec1487

to-pierce1488

joba1500

ding1529

stob?1530

probe1542

enthrill1563

inthirlc1580

cloy1590

burt1597

pink1597

lancinate1603

perterebrate1623

puncture1675

spike1687

skiver1832

bepierce1840

gimlet1841

prong1848

javelin1859

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xiii. 5 The purple-faced vintner..stood transfixed, or morally gimleted as it were, to his own wall.

1841 F. Marryat Joseph Rushbrook III. i. 10 We should rather say..gimleting, as it were, a hole in your side.

1896 Juloc Boarding Ho. Remin. 137 He had dark, piercing black eyes that simply gimleted you.

2. reflexive. To thrust oneself or bore one's way like a gimlet.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1858 T. De Quincey Pagan Oracles (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay VIII. 206 The artist had but to excavate a peck or two of earth with his trowel; a rabbit's burrow was large enough; this he soon improved and widened, using his own body as a gimlet; and very soon he had gimleted himself down amongst the family rats.

3. Nautical. (See quot.)

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > berth, moor, or anchor (a ship) [verb (transitive)] > anchor (a ship) > turn (anchor) by stock

gimlet1828

1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Gimblet..to turn round an anchor by the stock; a motion resembling that of the turning of a gimblet.

1846 in J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. ; and in later Dicts.

Derivatives

ˈgimleting n. and adj.

ΚΠ

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Gimbleting, a term particularly applied to the anchor, to denote the action of turning it round by the stock, so that the motion of the stock appears similar to that of the handle of a gimblet.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Gimbleting.

1875 I. L. Bird Hawaiian Archipel. xi. 161 The most persistent, unwinking, gimleting stare I ever saw.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

n.¹c1420

n.²c1391

v.1769

单词	gimlet
释义	gimletn.¹ /ˈɡɪmlɪt/ Forms: Middle English gym(e)lot, Middle English–1500s gymlet, (1500s gymlocke), 1600s–1800s gimblet, 1600s– gimlet. Etymology: < Old French guinbelet, guimbelet (later guibelet , modern French gibelet ), a diminutive of the word (unrecorded in the Romance languages) which appears in English as wimble n. 1. a. A kind of boring tool (see quot. 1842). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > piercing or boring tools > [noun] > auger or gimlet augereOE wimble1295 wimble?1362 gimletc1420 tarrierc1460 borel1488 wimbrekin1489 screw1577 nail piercer1584 worm1594 nail-passer1662 wimblet1670 c1420 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 357 Then came the good Bachus..On hys hede he had a thredebare kendall hood; A gymlot and a fauset thereopon stood. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 194/2 Gymelot, penetral. c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 67 A gymlet sharpe to broche & perce sone to turne & twyne. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 188 Foret, a gymlet. 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. i. viii. f. 19/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I The salte rilles..doe so seperate the one of them from the other, that they resemble the slope course of the cutting part of a skrew or gimlet, in very perfite maner. 1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse i. i. 71 in Wks. II From thence shoot the Bridge, childe, to the Cranes i' the Vintry, And see, there the gimblets, how they make their entry! 1722 P. Dudley in Philos. Trans. 1720–21 (Royal Soc.) 31 27 You must also Tap the Tree with a small Gimblet..so as to draw the Liquor off. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 252 Some have affirmed that the animal [sc. the woodpecker] uses its tongue, as a gimblet, to bore with. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. ii. 30 Six large pieces of iron, about eighteen inches long, with a gimblet at one end of each, and a square at the other, which fitted to a handle. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 979 Gimlet, or perhaps more properly Gimblet, a piece of steel of a semi-cylindrical form, hollow on one side, having a cross handle at one end and a worm or screw at the other. 1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic §263. 98 Gimlets are of two kinds, plain and twisted. 1881 H. James Portrait of Lady III. xv. 223 She paused, with a gaze like a gimlet. b. figurative. ΚΠ 1925 T. Hardy Human Shows 34 In the waves they bore their gimlets of light. 1946 John Bull 18 May 14/4 Crowthers was..a little gimlet of a man with glasses. c. A cocktail, usually consisting of gin and lime juice. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > cocktail > [noun] > gin cocktail gin sling1790 thunder and lightning1802 Tom Collins1876 Martini1884 silver-fizz1901 pahit1902 pink gin1903 Clover Club1925 gimlet1928 gin and it1929 pink lady1929 Alexander1930 Gibson1930 silver bullet1930 Singapore sling1930 White Lady1930 pink1942 negroni1947 pinkers1961 dirty martini1991 1928 D. B. Wesson I'll never be Cured iii. 73 The ‘Gimlet’ we were introduced to..at the Golf Club: and it proved to be the well and flavorably known ricky, but described as ‘gin, a spot of lime, and soda’. 1937 N. Coward Present Indicative ix. 378 Standing about in the ward-room accepting with gracious melancholy ‘gimlet’ after ‘gimlet’. 1953 R. Chandler Long Good-bye iii. 18 A real gimlet is half gin and half Rose's Lime Juice and nothing else. 2. (See quot. 1770.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > class Flagellata or Mastigophora > subclass Flagellidia > [noun] > order Phytoflagellida > specific members of genus Volvox globe animal1753 gimlet1770 glutton1770 1770 J. Ellis in Philos. Trans. 1769 (Royal Soc.) 59 150 Fig. 5. is the volvox terebrella, or the gimblet. This animal..moves along swiftly, turning itself round as it swims, just as if boring its way. Compounds C1. General attributive. gimlet-borer n. ΚΠ 1872–6 G. E. Voyle Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) at Borer A new pattern hand gimlet borer has been introduced into the service..to be used instead of the hook borer. gimlet-maker n. ΚΠ 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Gimlet-maker, Gimblet-maker. C2. gimlet-eye n. (a) a squint-eye, (b) a sharp or piercing eye. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > sense organ > sight organ > types of sight organ > [noun] ferret-eye1590 squirrel eyes1600 hawk's eye1684 piercer1752 gimlet-eye1825 lynx-eye1828 bug-eyes1905 camera eye1908 night eye1934 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > squinting or cross-eyes > squinting eye walleye1526 cockeye1738 swivel eye1765 gimlet-eye1825 squinter1873 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Gimlick-eye, a squint, vulgo, cock~eye. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. iii. 54 [A] head..from which one lively little gimlet eye went glancing about. 1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders 238 ‘What said ye yer name was?’ said the old dame again, looking at me with her gimlet eyes. gimlet-eyed adj. having a gimlet-eye. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > types of vision > [adjective] > clear- or sharp-sighted bright-eyeda1393 sightya1400 well-eyeda1425 well-seeing?a1425 eagle-eyeda1475 well-sighteda1529 clear-eyed1530 quick-sighted1542 oculate1549 quick-eyed1561 eyed1563 sharpsighted1571 clear-sighted1586 eagle-sighted1589 lynx-eyed1597 mouse-eyed1599 lycophosed1600 lycophosy1600 right-eyed1600 nimble-eyed1605 perspicacious1616 lyncean1622 piercing-sighted1630 perspicuous1657 sharp-eyed1672 gimlet-eyed1752 keen-eyed1781 keen-sighted1813 hawk-eyed1818 accipitrine1872 accipitral1881 1752 S. Foote Taste i. 10 She has a Sister at Hampton-Court..she had but one Eye indeed, but that was a Piercer..we were call'd the gimlet-ey'd Family. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Gimblet eyed, squinting. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Gimlet-eyed, squint-eyed or ‘swivel-eyed’. 1948 W. Lewis Let. 30 Jan. (1963) 429 A gimlet eyed rat steeped in classical learning. 1956 Observer 18 Mar. 15/2 ‘All for Love, or the World Ill Lost’ is the message that issues from Shakespeare's gimlet-eyed indictment of Helen and Cressida. gimlet-hole n. a hole made by a gimlet. ΚΠ 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. ii. 35 A few Gimlet-holes to let in Air. 1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. I. viii. 315 The cider..is to be drawn off the lees by boring a gimlet-hole at the bottom of the cask. Derivatives ˈgimletize v. (transitive) to pierce with a gimlet (nonce-word). ΚΠ 1861 E. D. Cook Paul Foster's Daughter ii. 31 A private detective, ready to peer into anybody's cupboards and gimletise anybody's doors. Draft additions 1993 attributive passing into adj. transferred. Of sight, understanding, etc.: acute, sharp, piercing. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > of action: involving or requiring vigour > vigorous or intense in operation strongeOE smartc1300 steevec1300 keen1340 piercinga1400 perceantc1400 forta1513 incisive1528 vigorous1548 forcible1555 emphatical1581 searching1590 nervous1616 strenuous1632 arrowy1650 intent1650 urging1658 sinewous1663 emphatic1689 drastic1808 needling1839 shrewd1842 gimlet1894 1894Gimlet eyes [see gimlet-eye n. at Compounds 2]. 1901 ‘G. Douglas’ House with Green Shutters xiv. 143 He was one of the gimlet characters who, by diligence and memory, gain prizes in their schooldays—and are fools for the remainder of their days. 1983 Sunday Tel. 9 Oct. 7/1 A swift, sidelong stare which manages to be gimlet and gleeful at the same time. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † gimletn.² Forms: Middle English gymlotte, 1500s gymley, gymlett, 1600s gymblett. Etymology: apparently an altered form (with substitution of -lotte , -let suffix, for the equivalent -ling suffix¹) of gimlin(ge, kimnel n. Obsolete. A large shallow tub, used for salting bacon and for other purposes. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > container for curing meat or fish kimnel1335 gimletc1391 powdering tub1530 salting-tub1556 powdering trough1595 war-back1682 potting-pot1737 salting-pan1816 salting-press1831 salting-trough1842 kench1874 society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > tub > [noun] > large soec1300 tankard1310 gimletc1391 standard1454 stander1459 knop1563 roof trough1665 ringe1720 drum1830 c1391 Earl Derby's Exp. (Camden) 86 j scope et ij gym~lottes, xiijs. j ferdkyn (pr. iiijd.) pro nauibus. ?1562 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 163 One showill and one gymley, xij d. 1574 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 251 Two gymletts for salting of fleshe in the larderhouse. 1610 Althorp MS in J. N. Simpkinson Washingtons (1860) App. 7 Itm formes ij, Itm tunnell dishes iij, Itm gymbletts j. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2021). gimletv. /ˈɡɪmlɪt/ Etymology: < gimlet n.¹ 1. transitive. To pierce with or as with a gimlet. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > make (an opening or hole) [verb (transitive)] > make an opening or hole in or into > bore, pierce, or perforate > with something sharp-pointed shearOE sting993 stickOE spita1225 wound?c1225 stitchc1230 pitcha1275 threstc1275 forprick1297 steekc1300 piercec1325 rivec1330 dag?a1400 jag?a1400 lancec1400 pickc1400 tamec1400 forpierce1413 punch1440 launch1460 thringc1485 empiercec1487 to-pierce1488 joba1500 ding1529 stob?1530 probe1542 enthrill1563 inthirlc1580 cloy1590 burt1597 pink1597 lancinate1603 perterebrate1623 puncture1675 spike1687 skiver1832 bepierce1840 gimlet1841 prong1848 javelin1859 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xiii. 5 The purple-faced vintner..stood transfixed, or morally gimleted as it were, to his own wall. 1841 F. Marryat Joseph Rushbrook III. i. 10 We should rather say..gimleting, as it were, a hole in your side. 1896 Juloc Boarding Ho. Remin. 137 He had dark, piercing black eyes that simply gimleted you. 2. reflexive. To thrust oneself or bore one's way like a gimlet.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1858 T. De Quincey Pagan Oracles (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay VIII. 206 The artist had but to excavate a peck or two of earth with his trowel; a rabbit's burrow was large enough; this he soon improved and widened, using his own body as a gimlet; and very soon he had gimleted himself down amongst the family rats. 3. Nautical. (See quot.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > berth, moor, or anchor (a ship) [verb (transitive)] > anchor (a ship) > turn (anchor) by stock gimlet1828 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Gimblet..to turn round an anchor by the stock; a motion resembling that of the turning of a gimblet. 1846 in J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. ; and in later Dicts. Derivatives ˈgimleting n. and adj. ΚΠ 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Gimbleting, a term particularly applied to the anchor, to denote the action of turning it round by the stock, so that the motion of the stock appears similar to that of the handle of a gimblet. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Gimbleting. 1875 I. L. Bird Hawaiian Archipel. xi. 161 The most persistent, unwinking, gimleting stare I ever saw. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.¹c1420n.²c1391v.1769
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gimletn.1

Compounds

Derivatives

Draft additions 1993

† gimletn.2

gimletv.

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gimletn.¹

† gimletn.²