wimble

Meanings

Noun

Any of various hand tools for boring holes.

Verb

To truss hay with a wimble.
To bore or pierce, as with a wimble.

Adjective

active; nimble

Origin

From Middle English wymble, wymbel. Compare Middle Dutch wimmel, Middle Low German wimel, wemel.
From Middle English wimblen, from the noun (above). Compare Middle Low German wemelen.
Related to whim.

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