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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 26 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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GIMLET (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)

GIMLET (from the O. Fr. guimbelet, probably a diminutive of the O.E. wimble, and the Scandinavian wammle, to
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BORE
bore or twist; the
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MODERN
modern
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FRENCH
FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)
French is gibelet) , a

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TOOL (0. Eng. tdl, generally referred to a root seen in the Goth. taujan, to make, or in the English word " taw," to work or dress leather)

tool used for

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BORING

boring small holes . It is made of

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STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel, with a

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shaft having a hollow

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side, and a

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SCREW (O.E. scrue, from O. Fr. escroue, mod. ecrou; ultimate origin uncertain; the word, or a similar one, appears in Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Schraube, Dan. skrue, but Skeat, following Diaz, finds the origin in Lat. scrobs, a ditch, hole, particularl

screw at the end for boring the

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wood; the handle of wood is fixed transversely to the shaft . A

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GIMLET (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)

gimlet is always a small tool . A similar tool of large

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SIZE

size is called an "

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AUGER (from the O. Eng. nafu-gar, nave-borer; the original initial n having been lost, as in " adder," through a confusion in the case of a preceding indefinite article)

auger " (see Tool.) .

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