Obs. Also 7 wimlet. [f. WIMBLE sb. after GIMLET.] A gimlet or auger.
1670. Short Relat. Suff. Quakers, 62. They got a Wimlet, and bored a hole in the Mault-Floor.
a. 1711. Ken, Anodynes, Poet. Wks. 1721, III. 440. Saw, Bodkin, Fish-hook, Wimblet, Dart, To stab, tear, jag, or gore each part.
