wimble

UK: /ˈwɪmb^əl/ US: (wim′bəl)

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wim•ble  (wim′bəl), n., v., -bled, -bling. 
n. 

1. Mining a device used esp. in mining for extracting the rubbish from a bored hole.
2. Building a marbleworker's brace for drilling.
3. Building any of various other instruments for boring.

v.t. 

4. to bore or perforate with or as if with a wimble.

• Middle Dutch or Middle Low German wimmel auger; see gimlet
• Middle English 1250–1300

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wimble / ˈwɪmb^əl/ noun

1. any of a number of hand tools, such as a brace and bit or a gimlet, used for boring holes

verb

1. to bore (a hole) with or as if with a wimble

Etymology: 13th Century: from Middle Dutch wimmel auger