wimble

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D�dalus and his nephew Talus invent the saw, the turning-lath, the wimble, the chip-ax, and other instruments of Carpenters and Joyners, and thereby give a beginning to those Arts in Europe.

From The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended To which is Prefix'd, A Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great by Newton, Isaac, Sir

The kelpie gave a hideous roar, and turned away to run from the wimble.

From Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood by MacDonald, George

I was, however, meditating a strict search for the wimble carved on the knight's tomb.

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

All at once he heard a singular noise, and very soon after the worm of a wimble shot up from the planked floor on which he was standing.

From Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men by Grant, Robert