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单词 gimmal
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gimmaln.

/ˈdʒɪməl/
Forms: 1500s gymell, gemoll, 1500s–1600s gimal, gimmall, gim(m)ol, 1600s gimmoule, jim(m)al, 1600s–1800s gymmal(l, gimmal, (1800s gimmel). See also gimbal n.
Etymology: an altered form of gemel n.
1. Historical. A finger-ring (rarely an ear-ring) so constructed as to admit of being divided into two (sometimes into three) rings. Also gimmal-ring, †ring of gimmals. Cf. gemel n. 3.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > ring > [noun] > double or triple ring
gemew1497
gimmer1570
gemel1572
gimbal1605
ring of gimmals1607
joint-ringa1616
1607 T. Tomkis Lingua ii. iv Anamnestes his Page, in a graue Sattin sute Purple..a Garland of Bayes and Rosemary, a gimmall ring with one linke hanging.
a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Beggers Bush iv. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ll4v/2 Hub. Sure I should know that Gymmall; Jac. 'Tis certaine he: I had forgot my ring too.
1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper iii. 199 We must be as a thred, or gimmal ring about their finger to put them in mind of their sin.
1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. O5 Thou sent'st to me a True-love-knot; but I Return'd a Ring of Jimmals.
1711 J. Greenwood Ess. Pract. Eng. Gram. 190 Gimmal..a doubled or twist'd Ring.
1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. iii. 63 The treasure of which he hath robbed me—gold chains and gymmal rings to an unknown value.
1863 G. A. Sala Strange Adventures Capt. Dangerous I. i. 6 Diamond gimmels on skeleton hands.
2. plural. Joints, links, connecting parts (in machinery) esp. for transmitting motion (as in clockwork). (Rare in singular.) Obsolete.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > [noun] > devices for securing or uniting parts
key1434
chevel-bolt1480
strop1573
gimbals1577
gimmals1598
gimmera1603
strap1620
bridle1667
key band1735
screw-joint1810
locking plate1812
safety pin1822
king bolt1839
square coupling1845
holding-down bolt1846
ball joint1849
pinholder1854
knuckle-joint1860
bayonet-joint1870
elbow1874
fox-key1874
split-pin1875
cotter-pin1881
elbow-joint1881
banjo-frame1888
holding-down pin1892
holding-down ring1899
feather1908
banjo union1922
1598 S. Gosson Trumpet of Warre sig. F5 Man is compared in the ps[alms] to a watch, he hath a great many gimols appertaining to him to mooue him.
1599 E. Sandys Europæ Speculum (1632) 168 Their fashion is when their gimmalls are all in tune for a Miracle, to enjoyne [etc.].
1636 W. Sampson Vow Breaker B My acts are like the motional gymmalls Fixt in a watch.
1644 K. Digby Two Treat. ii. viii. 413 His answeres do not proceed vpon sett gimals or stringes, whereof one being strucke, it moueth the rest in a sett order.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Gimmel, any disposition of rings, as links, device of machinery.
3. ? A hinge; = gimmer n.1 2. Obsolete.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > hinge
hinglec1325
gemew1396
charnel1488
hirst1513
gimmerc1520
vardle1525
gemel1536
hinge1562
gimmal1605
1605 T. Hutton Reasons for Refusal 76 A point that hangs strangely, as it were by gimmols.
4. plural. The voussoirs of an arch. Obsolete. rare.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [noun] > parts of
coin1350
pendant1359
voussoir1359
springer1435
spandrel1477
spring?1553
pitch1615
kneeler1617
gimmalsa1652
face1664
of the third point1672
turn1677
sweep1685
hance1700
skew-back1700
summering1700
springing1703
tympan1704
hip1726
reins1726
rib1726
third point1728
quoin1730
archivolt1731
opening1739
soffit1739
shoulder1744
extrados1772
intrados1772
haunch1793
arch-stone1828
twist1840
coign1843
architrave1849
escoinçon1867
pulvino1907
pin1928
a1652 I. Jones in B. Allsopp & R. A. Sayce Inigo Jones on Palladio (1970) II. iv. 45 The Gimals and Keystone is less then ye rustick of ye Asler: So as draw ye asler first of all ahigh and then deuide ye gimals and keyston of ye arch drawne to the Ceinter.
5. = gimbal n. 4. Obsolete.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > device for keeping instruments, etc., horizontal
gimmal1623
gimbals1769
1623 J. Taylor Very Merry Wherry-Ferry Voy. in Wks. (1630) ii. 8/1 An Hostesse with a Tongue As nimble as it had on Gimmols hung.
1793 F. Wollaston in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 83 137 The construction of these Ys is peculiar: they hang, as it were, in gimmals.
6. A duet. Obsolete. rare.
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1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 225/1 Gymell song, jumeau.

Derivatives

ˈgimmaled adj. Obsolete (in 1500s–1600s gymould, jymold), made with gimmals or joints; consisting of two similar parts hinged together.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [adjective] > jointed
jointed1413
articulated1571
gimmaled1596
articulate1610
huckled1614
well-articulated1663
joint1685
vertebrated1840
1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. B1v Neuer shall..rust in canker, haue the time to..lay a side their Iacks of Gymould mayle.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. ii. 49 And in their pale dull mouthes the Iymold Bitt [mod. edd. gimmal bit] Lyes foule with chaw'd-grasse, still and motionlesse.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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