wimble
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The kelpie gave a hideous roar, and turned away to run from the wimble.
From Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood by MacDonald, George
A wimble is a long tool, like a great gimlet, with a cross handle, with which you turn it like a screw.
From Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood by MacDonald, George
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
Allister was staring into the fire, fancying he saw the whorls of the wimble heating in it.
From Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood by MacDonald, George
"I'll come and wimble for you instead of him, if you will allow me," said she.
From The Mayor of Casterbridge by Hardy, Thomas
"Tending thrashing-machine and wimbling haybonds, and saying 'Hoosh!' to the cocks and hens when they go upon your seeds, and planting Early Flourballs and Thompson's Wonderfuls with a dibble."
From Far from the Madding Crowd by Hardy, Thomas
Elizabeth had latterly been accustomed of an afternoon to present a cup of cider or ale and bread-and-cheese to Nance Mockridge, who worked in the yard wimbling hay-bonds.
From The Mayor of Casterbridge by Hardy, Thomas
"Tending thrashing-machine and wimbling haybonds, and saying "Hoosh!" to the cocks and hens when they go upon your seeds and planting Early Flourballs and Thompson's Wonderfuls with a dibble."
From Far from the Madding Crowd by Hardy, Thomas
