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n.
Alt. of Gimmor
n.
Alt. of Gimbals
n.
A kind of clamp with gimlet points for holding a barrel head while the staves are being closed around it.
a.
Neat; handsome; elegant. See Gimp.
n. & v.
See Gimlet.
n.
A piece of mechanism; mechanical device or contrivance; a gimcrack.
n.
An instrument for trepanning, being an improvement on the trepan. It is a circular or cylindrical saw, with a handle like that of a gimlet, and a little sharp perforator called the center pin.
v. t.
To pierce or make with a gimlet.
n.
A gimlet.
n.
A whimsical thing; an odd device; a trifle; a trinket; a gimcrack.
n.
A crown-saw or cylindrical saw for perforating the skull, turned, when used, like a bit or gimlet. See Trephine.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Gimlet
n.
A quaint piece of machinery; a gimmer.
v. t.
To turn round (an anchor) by the stock, with a motion like turning a gimlet.
a.
A telescope with a diagonal eyepiece, suspended vertically in gimbals by the object end beneath a fixed diagonal plane mirror. It is used for delineating landscapes, by means of a pencil at the eye end which leaves the delineation on paper.
imp. & p. p.
of Gimlet
n.
Lace, gimp, braid etc., sewed on a garment.
a.
See Gimmal. K () the eleventh letter of the English alphabet, is nonvocal consonant. The form and sound of the letter K are from the Latin, which used the letter but little except in the early period of the language. It came into the Latin from the Greek, which received it from a Phoenician source, the ultimate origin probably being Egyptian. Etymologically K is most nearly related to c, g, h (which see).
n.
A kind of gimlet for making vents in casks; -- called also piercer.
n.
See Gimcrack.
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