gimlet (gimlet)

[Also formerly or dial. gimblet; Also a gymlet sharpe to broche & perce sone to turne & twyne. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 121. gimlet (gim'let), v. t.; pret. and pp. gimleted or gimlet ted, ppr. gimleting or gimlet ting. [ IMG:content-2300.png:[blocks in formation] Thou sent'st to me a true-love knot; but I Return a ring of jimmals , to imply Thy love had one knot, mine a triple tye. Herrick, Hesperides, p. 201. 3t. A quaint piece of mechanism; a gimcrack. I think by some odd gimmals or device Their arms are set, like clocks, still to strike on. Shak., 1 Hen. VI., i. 2 (in some folios). But whether it were that the rebell his pouder faylde him, or some gimbol or other was out of frame, etc. Holinshed, Descrip. of Ireland, sig. G 3, col. 2. gimbal-jawed (jim'bal-jad), a. Having the lower jaw apparently out of joint, projecting beyond the upper, and moving with unusual freedom: said of persons. Also gimber - jawed , jimber - jawed . [U. S.] Gimbernat's ligament. See ligament. gimblet (gim'blet), n. An obsolete or dialectal form of gimlet.