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Sunday, December 22nd, 2024
the Fourth Week of Advent
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Bible Encyclopedias
Gimlet
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(from the O. Fr. guimbelet, probably a diminutive of the O.E. wimble, and the Scandinavian wammle, to bore or twist; the modern French is gibelet), a tool used for boring small holes. It is made of steel, with a shaft having a hollow side, and a screw at the end for boring the wood; the handle of wood is fixed transversely to the shaft. A gimlet is always a small tool. A similar tool of large size is called an "auger" (see Tool.).
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Gimlet'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/g/gimlet.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Gimlet'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/g/gimlet.html. 1910.
