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wim⋅ble

[wim-buhl] noun, verb, -bled, -bling.
–noun
1. a device used esp. in mining for extracting the rubbish from a bored hole.
2. a marbleworker's brace for drilling.
3. any of various other instruments for boring.
–verb (used with object)
4. to bore or perforate with or as if with a wimble.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME < MD or MLG wimmel auger; see gimlet
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wim·ble   (wĭm'bəl)   
n.  Any of numerous hand tools for boring holes.

[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, probably from Middle Dutch wimmel; see weip- in Indo-European roots.]
wim'ble v.
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