wimble
Example Sentences
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And the wimble was so hot that it was as white as the whitest moon you ever saw.
From Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood by MacDonald, George
The kelpie gave a hideous roar, and turned away to run from the wimble.
From Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood by MacDonald, George
At his back he carried by a looped strap a rush basket, from which protruded at one end the crutch of a hay-knife, a wimble for hay-bonds being also visible in the aperture.
From The Mayor of Casterbridge by Hardy, Thomas
So Ali went forth, and there was silence of words for a while in the Hall; but there arose the sound of the wood-wrights busy with the wimble and the hammer about the bier.
From The House of the Wolfings by Morris, William
A wimble, or instrument for boring holes for bolts, tree-nails, and other purposes.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
