| 单词 | gimlet |
| 例句 | It was as though a sharp little gimlet had rim into the solid congealed mess of Emily Brent's brain. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z He looked them all over with a gimlet eye. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But he is black-haired and gold-skinned and though his eyes are the same pale gray as the Commandant’s, there is no trace there of the gimlet flatness that defines most Masks. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “I don’t believe that my particular body structure is easily adaptable to that type of device,” Ignatius observed, a gimlet eye fixed upon the rusting stool. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z However, Dad had a gimlet eye and a terrible swift sword. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a pleasing digestif on its own over ice; a splash of it tones down the sweetness in a Last Word cocktail and sneaks some herbal punch into a gimlet. Embrace the Bittersweet With Centerbe, From Faccia Brutto 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z He trades his designer shades for boldly framed eyeglasses, turns his gimlet eye on various sculptures and paintings and drops depth-charged bons mots. ‘Velvet Buzzsaw’ Review: Art Snobs Get a Gory Comeuppance 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Dre continued telling me more alleged origin stories as we downed three gimlets back to back. God bless the vodka gimlet: On giving up hard liquor and becoming an "annoying wine guy" 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z But Lewis brings a welcome gimlet eye to the Trump era, when government officials abused by Trump were instinctively deified by liberal Twitter and cable TV. Michael Lewis Chronicles the Story of Covid’s Cassandras 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z According to Oliver, more than one-third of young voters are considering voting for Johnson or Stein, so he decided to focus his gimlet eye on them. Last Week Tonight: John Oliver Eyes Third Party Candidates 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Part of me wants to ask you to fix me a gimlet. What 8 Collectors Wore to a Fall Art and Design Fair 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z The plan was a fish dinner and a movie, but French gimlets led to bottles of wine, and before they knew it, it was nearly midnight. Boomers Are Vaccinated and Down to Party 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z The sugar will extract citrus oil from the peels, resulting in a bracingly bright syrup ideal for a Collins or gimlet. How to Embrace Your Inner Trash Animal 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z The Sheridan Room in Minneapolis, too, debuted a “Baby Yoda gimlet” made with gin, lime juice and simple syrup, and garnished with brandied-cherry “eyes” and lime wedge “ears.” Disney World, Disneyland now offering 'Baby Yoda'-inspired cocktails — but only if you know where to look 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z Add it to heighten the flavors in your next sidecar, caipirinha or gimlet. For a Better Cocktail, Reach for a Different Shaker 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z The script hews closely to the version that Dickens himself toured, with passages of prose narration that cut the goose-fat sentimentality with keen wit and gimlet detail. Review: In This Solo ‘Christmas Carol,’ the Night Is Never Silent 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Matthew Restall for his audacity to see the “conquest” of Latin America with a gimlet eye. ‘Pleasure, Obligation, Curiosity, Inspiration’: What’s on Marie Arana’s Nightstand 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Rockstar’s founders and top executives are British, and I was hoping they would turn their brilliantly gimlet eye on their own hometown, London. ArtsBeat Blog: New Grand Theft Auto to Cruise Some Familiar Streets 2011-11-03T16:16:43Z God bless you, vodka gimlet, and may you continue to deliver peace and joy to all you encounter. God bless the vodka gimlet: On giving up hard liquor and becoming an "annoying wine guy" 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z Even if you're not a big gin drinker, like me, Walter recommends a classic gimlet as a sophisticated spring cocktail. How a history buff distilled the spirit of liberty 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z There are websites that give you the recipes for their trademark drinks: Faulkner's mint julep, Hemingway's mojito, Chandler's gimlet, Kerouac's margarita, Fitzgerald's gin rickey. Why do writers drink? 2013-07-20T07:00:14Z Add a small assortment of expressions — gimlet stare, disapproving frown, twinkling grin — and across roughly 80 hours of screen time a full portrait emerges of pride, loyalty, fastidiousness, kindness and implacable principle. ‘Agatha Christie’s Poirot’ Comes to an End 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z Their debut self-titled album included breezy tunes undercut by a sharp wit and a gimlet eye. 15 Musical Artists to Watch in 2015 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z In “Beautiful You,” Palahniuk turns his gimlet eye to the subject of female pleasure and the ways in which it can be manipulated to affect society and boost the bottom line. Book World: ‘Beautiful You’ by Chuck Palahniuk Consider “Birding,” which begins with the simple image of “A gray bird with a crest and a black mask” that expands to “a large wader, gimlet-eyed, under / the sun’s gimlet eye.” A Poet Who Mesmerizes by Zigs and Zags, Hopping From Idea to Idea 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z I was hooked on those fresh lime gimlets, but have since decided to become a "My wife and I are doing a wine tasting next Tuesday with the Stevenson's" type of annoying wine guy. God bless the vodka gimlet: On giving up hard liquor and becoming an "annoying wine guy" 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z A bartender even slid me a caipiroska once, which features vodka instead of rum, but it didn't work for me as I don't dig super sweet gimlets. Brazil's 3-ingredient national cocktail is the real drink of summer 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z And like the other movies, it offers gimlet observations about quotidian stuff — friends’ romances, sibling rivalry, real estate envy — that add up to, as Ms. Keener put it, “a wallop at the end.” Nicole Holofcener and Her Latest Film, ?Please Give? 2010-04-24T02:35:00Z Other people might call that a variation on a gimlet, but Ms. Phillips said her version was named for her and her friend Ed Droste of the band Grizzly Bear. The Carpetbagger: Leonardo DiCaprio's Mom, Meet Jane Fonda 2012-01-16T19:05:19Z A yuzu gimlet packs both citrus and heat, thanks to a syrup laced with Japanese chile. Asian and Italian flavors mix and mingle at the laid-back ABC Pony 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Communist Party officials could be forgiven for viewing the play through their gimlet eyes as an unalloyed slice of American propaganda, even if the creators of “Top Secret” had no such intentions. Play on Pentagon Papers Goes On in Beijing, but Not a Talk 2011-12-03T02:27:23Z The cocktail list is full of innovation, from the cucumber cilantro gimlet to a jalapeno-infused tequila that takes no prisoners. The best towns and small cities in the US: Missoula, Montana 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z I was reminded of my wife’s grandmother, watching me with gimlet eyes as I — then a very young man — staggered into her house with a load of luggage and baby paraphernalia. Stephen King on Paul Theroux’s Portrait of a Truly Horrible Mother 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z I used to champion gimlets because they didn't give me hangovers, but now they have the same effect as drinking Hennessy or Remy straight. God bless the vodka gimlet: On giving up hard liquor and becoming an "annoying wine guy" 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z The film is a bold, rich portrait of a woman, but it also trains a gimlet eye on the cringing weakness of men. My streaming gem: why you should watch All Is Well 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z After having my first cucumber gimlet made with fresh lime — drinking a pedestrian rusty vodka and cranberry or a God awful screwdriver seemed completely ridiculous. My perfect Moscow mule doesn't need alcohol 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z Then the food arrives, and I find myself eating my thought clouds — and paying scant attention to my gin gimlet. Review | True Food Kitchen is health-bent on pleasure 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z It views the worst species of hotel guests with a gimlet eye. Books of The Times: ‘Heads in Beds,’ a Memoir by Jacob Tomsky 2012-11-05T22:51:47Z If you order a gimlet and they offer you, Roses, then you should leave the bar, maybe even the neighborhood, because that is ridiculous as it is gross. God bless the vodka gimlet: On giving up hard liquor and becoming an "annoying wine guy" 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z “Lewis brings a welcome gimlet eye to the Trump era, when government officials abused by Trump were instinctively deified by liberal Twitter and cable TV,” Nicholas Confessore writes in his review. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z At the time, it certainly seemed so: Sally Quinn, a socialite turned novice reporter, became Style’s first breakout star — thanks to a gimlet eye and deadline party coverage that left in the juicy stuff. Perspective | The Style section at 50: Still sharp, snarky and soulful — and always a work in progress 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z She watched with a gimlet eye as I dumped copious amounts of spice into my flour. Self-protective cooking for a judgemental mother requires this recipe 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z Go for a gimlet or old fashioned instead. Roofers Union review: ‘Top Chef’ puts the spotlight on Marjorie Meek-Bradley 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z Bar snacks were meant to lace your mouth with plenty of salt, leading you to reach more often for your thirst-slaking gimlet. Beyond Pretzel Logic 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z The piece is narrated by his ex-wife, who views the guy’s antics with the requisite gimlet eye. 'Something Rich and Strange,' a Ron Rash Anthology 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z The Edwardian era never looked quite as beguilingly sinister as it did through the gimlet eyes of Hector Hugh Munro, better known by his pen name, Saki. ‘Life According to Saki,’ in the Trenches of World War I 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z I said, like a pedestrian, "Sounds gross, like a rare form of snot. Can I order another gimlet with you?" Manchego: A cheese that is worth the pain 2023-08-13T04:00:00Z His severe crewcut and gimlet eyes disclosed little to the world at large. ‘Rachmaninoff Plays Symphonic Dances’ Review: A Master Interprets Himself 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z When someone asks for a gimlet, another young waiter’s brow furrows. Review | At Old Maryland Grill, every night is homecoming 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z Both novels were ambitious works that sought to dismantle the unfulfilled promises of America through the gimlet eye of the white working class. Russell Banks, Novelist Steeped in the Working Class, Dies at 82 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z The positive buzz that once accompanied gimlets has died and resurrected as late morning and throbbing headaches. God bless the vodka gimlet: On giving up hard liquor and becoming an "annoying wine guy" 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z And in Elizabeth Carroll’s debut documentary, “Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy,” a group of eager acolytes try not to flinch beneath her gimlet gaze and salt-seeking palate. ‘Nothing Fancy’ Review: Mexican Food Through British Eyes 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z For the next 20 minutes, the six-year-old star of Red Dog embarks on an impressive charm offensive, gazing up charismatically and fixing a gimlet eye on the bowl of cashew nuts placed before us. Red Dog: an audience with Australia's best friend 2012-02-09T20:00:01Z It’s a brilliant act—refracting decades’ worth of received wisdom about female celebrities through a gimlet eye. Review: Mariah's World Tarnishes a Perfect Image 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z The ’20s-inspired cocktail menu changes regularly, since many of the ingredients are sourced locally, with offerings like gimlets, fizzes, and, of course, lots of gin. These Are America's Original Speakeasies 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z Someone with a different perspective and a bit of a gimlet eye. Perspective | Philip Roth and the sympathetic biographer: This is how misogyny gets cemented in our culture 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z “Anderson may have a gimlet eye, but the nature of his civic scrutiny tends toward the affectionate.” 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z Or try a ginger gimlet and a smoked old fashioned with local whiskey. 36 Hours in Niseko 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z At Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse in Chicago, one of the highest-grossing independent establishments in the country, gimlets are poured as if patrons requested doubles, and full-size fruit pies are cut in a mere four slices. Perspective | In an era of excessive food waste, a plea to restaurants: Cut down your portions 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z He looks at big-city life with the bafflement of someone who seems like he shouldn’t be living anywhere near it, except when his gimlet eye for detail reveals a slightly sinister side. Fox’s ‘Mulaney’: When a bad sitcom happens to a great guy Anderson may have a gimlet eye, but the nature of his civic scrutiny tends toward the affectionate. Oklahoma City, the Ultimate ‘Boom Town,’ Rendered Vivid and Surreal 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z The Southern Poverty Law Center, the nation’s leading civil rights watchdog, has labeled Moms for Liberty “extremist,” a label that made headlines and cast a gimlet eye on the organization’s mom-and-apple-pie persona. As Moms for Liberty spreads, so does school turmoil 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z You can’t help but be invigorated by Klein’s intellectual synthesis and dexterity, even as her gimlet eye makes you want to run screaming into the night. She followed her 'doppelganger' down the rabbit hole. What Naomi Klein found there 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z Still, royal experts said it was inevitable that many Britons would view the coronation with a more gimlet eye this time around. Many in U.K. Greet King Charles’s Coronation With a ‘Take It or Leave It’ Shrug 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z Crafting a coming-of-age story about a queer character enduring postcapitalism with a gimlet eye, the author is simultaneously hilarious, tender and meaningful. The 5 best fiction books of 2022, according to Bethanne Patrick 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z Soft jazz is playing when an icy gimlet arrives. Tom Sietsema’s 7 favorite places to eat right now 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z I glance up from my cilantro gimlet and sparkling tuna tostada to catch Alam Méndez Florián, onstage in his open kitchen, pouring wine into a pot and singing along with the restaurant’s soundtrack. Review | 2022 Spring Dining Guide The gimlet infused with Thai basil makes a breezy companion to the cooking, and Crazy Thai Lady — a blend of rum, tequila, pineapple juice and aromatics including lime leaves — reveals the family’s sense of humor. Review | Tom Sietsema’s 7 favorite places to eat right now 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z In the latter book, Dr. Lewontin offered a summation of his philosophy of knowledge, which he had pursued throughout this life with uncommon rigor, but always with a gimlet eye. Richard Lewontin, a preeminent geneticist of his era, dies at 92 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z And you’re immobilized till the end when she turns her gimlet eye on the stupidity of journalistic subjects. Appreciation: Journalist Janet Malcolm's work was a marvel, both chilling and provocative 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z But if you use gin instead, you’re more or less drinking a gimlet. The hugely versatile margarita — a Daisy by any other name 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z The rest of the Premier League will look on at City and Chelsea with gimlet eyes, but the transfer window is about to be prised open. Champions League final and play-offs news – weekend football countdown! 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z Little in the transfer market eludes the gimlet eye of Sevilla, so the Spanish side was in touch, too. Europe Is Mining an Emerging Talent Market: the U.S. 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z With only 10 days before a Dec. 31 deadline, there would be very little time for a deal to be reviewed in Parliament, where pro-Brexit hard-liners would bring a gimlet eye to it. Brinkmanship or Bluster? On Brexit and Pandemic, Boris Johnson Leaves It Late 2020-12-20T05:00:00Z One of Le Carré’s strongest attributes was the gimlet eye he cast on friend and foe alike. 10 ways of getting to know John le Carré 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z When she asked for a vodka gimlet, the bartender — unaware of whom he was serving — poured her his cheapest brand. A refuge for D.C.’s tightly wound and politically exhausted serves its last cocktail 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z “We have that, but we also sell the Celery gimlet” that captures similar flavors. Enjoy summer drinks at the Kennedy Center’s new wine garden and these freshly reopened rooftops and patios 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z Liberals, on the other hand, are casting a gimlet eye on Americans who have crowded into outdoor spaces at bars and restaurants in states that have allowed those establishments to reopen. Coronavirus is back, and spreading — but let's blame Trump, instead of each other 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z Yet if someone this absurd can move the financial markets with an expression of his moods, maybe it’s worth regarding the markets with a gimlet eye rather than a supplicant’s desperation. Opinion | Celebrity gossip is stronger than any virus. Thank goodness. 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z Whether your goal is to stir up a quick after-work gimlet, to perfect your Sazerac or to master the classic mai tai, each of these books will help build your cocktail crafting. 3 new cocktail books for gifting or using on New Year’s Eve | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z In a cocktail scene filled with copycats, this Sri Lanka- and-India-themed bar is a refreshing addition with original and playful cocktails including a gimlet with “ghee-washed gin, curry leaf, sea salt and lime.” Two new bars in Ballard — including one of the year’s most anticipated openings 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z Since the portent-laden meditation on war and terrorism, Saturday, in 2005, he has also turned his gimlet attention to climate change in Solar. Ian McEwan: ‘Who’s going to write the algorithm for the little white lie?’ 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z With a gimlet look, she let him know she knew him. The Oil-Pumping Adventures of Rachael Van Horn 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z Style is also essential: If you don’t like the bitter, boozy gin Negroni, you might still love another gin cocktail, like an easy-drinking gimlet. 8 Delightful Tips for Living a Smarter Life in 2019 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z By the 1950s, the Old Fashioned, the Manhattan and the gimlet could be found at P.J. Looking Back on 100 Years of New York City Drinking Culture, From Gritty to Elegant 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z To the right of Imperial is the Streamliner, housed in a small appendage that Fred Harvey created for servicemen who wanted a lengthier stay over a gimlet or martini than they might find next door. Two new bars just opened at Union Station - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Against Inter, Sánchez showed the accuracy of Mourinho’s gimlet eye, earning himself a booking after punting the ball in a panic across the face of his own area. Tottenham need forward momentum to make passing from the back work | Barney Ronay 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z No wonder the judge fixes both husband and wife with a gimlet eye and says the question facing her is "which of you is the biggest liar." Review: Searing French drama 'Custody' is an unforgettable experience 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z Yet when so many of those donations went to Democrats, we can’t blame Republicans for casting a gimlet eye. Opinion | Mueller has no room for mistakes 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z Michelle Wolf was right when she turned a gimlet eye on the media. Opinion | The Naked Truth About Trump 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z It revealed her gimlet eye for politics and musical icons — a trademark of the magazine’s coverage in the era of Nixon and the rock counterculture. Harriet Fier, ‘assertive and savvy’ editor with Rolling Stone, dies at 67 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z More interestingly, there’s a lot of Brown — the acerbic Brit with the outsider’s gimlet eye — becoming the very person she mocked. Review | Tina Brown’s stories of glitz and gossip read more like cautionary tales 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z The Goldman-sponsored comedy show featured members of Chicago’s famed Second City comedy troupe and menu items like “truffle macaroni & fees,” “steak and gorgonzola fee-zza” and drink specials including “fee’d up gimlet.” Goldman jokes, takes 'bites' out of pizza to attract borrowers 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z Adichie looks with a gimlet eye at American liberal doctrine, preferring open and frank debate to the narrow constraints of approved messaging. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a Humanist On and Off the Page 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z The response to his order of a gimlet should be, “Yes, of course,” not a series of follow-up questions about newfangled brands of gin. A Grown-Up’s Guide to ‘Fast-Fine’ Dining 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z Such luminaries of the women’s movement were to be looked on with a gimlet eye, she said. Kate O’Beirne, feisty conservative commentator, dies at 67 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z She’s someone who played a big part in developing Bell’s gimlet eye for inequality. W Kamau Bell: 'If you don't like me that's fine – just let me do my thing' 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z The Goldman-sponsored comedy show featured members of Chicago’s famed Second City comedy troupe and menu items like “truffle macaroni & fees,” “steak and gorgonzola fee-zza” and drink specials including “fee’d up gimlet.” Goldman jokes, takes 'bites' out of pizza to attract borrowers 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z “Not goulash?” she would say with a gimlet eye, glaring at me over her mother-of-pearl glasses. This Goulash Runs Deep: A Classic Recipe 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Waiters passed rosé and vodka gimlets and a gruff-voiced rocker provided the soundtrack. Great news, Grandpa: The hot new trend in menswear is socks with sandals 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z The sportswriters and, in truth, most of the sporting world, still viewed Ali with a good deal more than a gimlet eye. Muhammad Ali Fought With His Fists and His Words 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z The gimlet gets a jolt from tequila infused with jalapeño and serrano peppers. Ballard’s Gracia does Mexican right: fresh masa, vibrant flavors 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z When the Cuban missile crisis looms and there’s trouble in her marriage to Don, Betty orders a gimlet at a bar before engaging in a backroom tryst with a stranger. Toast the end of ‘Mad Men’ with the era’s classic cocktails 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z The menu includes a martini, a bloody mary, a vodka gimlet, a Tom Collins and a classic Manhattan, all drinks that have been featured on the show and which ‘21’ still serves every day. A Nostalgic New York Bids a Second Farewell to 'Mad Men' Era 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z At “21,” the promotion does not include a meal, just a choice of two of five cocktails: a Bloody Mary, a vodka gimlet, a Tom Collins, a Manhattan or a martini. A $19.69 Liquid Lunch to Honor the End of ‘Mad Men’ 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z Absinthe in Paris with the Lost Generation, gin gimlets on the African plain, Negronis on the Italian war front. Travel Like Hemingway In Havana, Cuba 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z Fortunately, Plymouth is near Sharon, Conn., home of the Buckley family, whose members, when their gimlet eyes notice nonsense, become elegantly polemical. George Will: Another case for term limits Perversely, bank regulators still cast a gimlet eye over most loans to most nonbig businesses. Why More Malpractice From the Fed Will Hurt the Economy 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Gruff but with a twinkle in his gimlet eyes, it was there that he received Bello. The sage of Montevideo 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z At Duke’s, the plate that looks conspicuously like rabbit food is, in fact, decadent enough for even the diner who approaches vegetables with a gimlet eye. The summertime vegetarian: A field guide for indulging in the season’s bounty Mom, who was complaining that her feet were “frostbitten,” was willing to say yes if it got us closer to lunch and a gimlet. A Family Plot 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z The Johnson and Boswell double-act is wonderfully beguiling; the Hebrides and the Scottish Enlightenment have never been examined by such gimlet eyes. Back to school, Mr Gove: authors choose their GCSE set texts 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Should the U.S. welcome Chinese investment with a smile or a gimlet eye? Give Me Your Yuan: Chinese Are Eager for U.S. Assets 2013-08-01T10:00:43Z Bitcoin is a currency created years ago by an obscure hacker in the spirit of subversion, to trade goods while dodging the gimlet eye of financial regulators. Confused about Bitcoin? It's 'the Harlem Shake of currency' 2013-04-03T21:14:23Z “I refuse,” he announces firmly, a gimlet sparkle in his blue-gray eyes, “to sit back and do nothing.” Formidable Pakistan School Losing Its Founder 2012-06-08T18:16:11Z Ouch!" or "Ah!" and to one viciously penetrating use of the forefinger as a gimlet "Yi! Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z Mrs. Noble fixed her small gimlet eyes upon her face, as if she would have read every sign which might be found there. Mabel, Vol. III (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-04T02:00:58.490Z “Then,” said the guest, “bring a gimlet with you, and we’ll proceed to work.” The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z To perforate or penetrate, as a solid body, by turning an auger, gimlet, drill, or other instrument; to make a round hole in or through; to pierce; as, to bore a plank. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z “Do you know that I have found the axe, and the rope and the gimlet and everything I want.” Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian 2012-02-28T03:00:27.310Z Upon some pretext they procured a gimlet of a servant, with which they perforated a board so as to make an aperture sufficiently large to admit the body of a man. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z "Didn't he ask me for a gimlet and didn't I bring him one?" the porter appealed to Jimmy. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 14, 1916 2012-02-11T03:03:42.797Z When they had reached the cellar the landlord pointed out a barrel of mild ale, and the stranger bored a hole in one side with the gimlet. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z A carpenter's tool for boring holes larger than those bored by a gimlet. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z A big gimlet could be heard boring its way through the dry bark of the old oak. Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian 2012-02-28T03:00:27.310Z A file, borrowed from a neighboring blacksmith, a gimlet, and a jack-knife were the only tools used in this work. Inventors 2012-02-08T03:00:16.647Z There was her mother-in-law—a stone faced woman with gimlet eyes. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z He had a thin hooked nose much like an eagle's beak, and his eyes were of the well-known gimlet type. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z With a gimlet bore holes wherever there is an important town, mountain, lake, or other geographical feature whose location you wish your scholars to learn. Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers 2011-12-21T03:00:45.660Z In his burning brain the image of the gimlet took inconceivable dimensions. Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian 2012-02-28T03:00:27.310Z I wound around like a gimlet for a minute and I was goin' some when I went through the door. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z Saying which he took out two cartridges, a gimlet, a penknife, two paint-brushes, and four matches. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z You'd think he'd twist it off, that long nose of his; he turns it first one way and then the other, like a gimlet. The Adventures of a Grain of Dust 2011-11-22T03:00:12.257Z The finding of the auger and gimlet opened up wider possibilities. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z In a few moments, this same gimlet would cause the destruction of Leiba and his domestic hearth. Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian 2012-02-28T03:00:27.310Z The newcomer now faced Mr. Mulligan, who, with malice burrowing in his gimlet eyes, at once fell into approved position. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z The gimlet frequently penetrates the frontal sinuses which communicate with the nasal passages, and where mucous secretion, if vitiated or tenacious, will accumulate. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z With that view I fixed that little gimlet in my walking-stick, as you saw. Chronicles of Martin Hewitt 2011-10-24T02:00:16.617Z He, accordingly, pierced the sides of several of the barrels piled against the walls with a gimlet, and inserted in the holes small pieces of slow-burning match. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z Two table knives with white handles—one is marked "W. R.;" a gimlet; an awl; two iron stanchions, 9 inches long, for supporting a weather cloth, which was round the boat. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z Turning suddenly, seizing the haft with one hand, and the unburied end of the pick with the other, Denis twisted it as a gimlet, and had it out at one wrench. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z An author, whose name has escaped our memory, recommends "cow doctors to carry a gimlet in their pocket." The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z Instead of listening with humility to the heartbreaking evidence of “humiliation and betrayal,” he said, “the Vatican’s response was to parse and analyze it with the gimlet eye of a canon lawyer.” News Analysis: Ireland Recalibrates Ties to Roman Catholic Church 2011-09-17T18:55:09Z The burglar impaled him with the gimlet eye of suspicion. The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z She was looking at Forsyth with eyes that bored like gimlets, and he thought of the letter from Ziegler, addressed to the Duke, entrusted to him the day before. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z Bob looked at me with the gimlet eye of a gambler who thinks he’s being bluffed. Green Blog: Know Your Enemies: Vanquishing the Emerald Ash Borer 2011-09-13T13:13:48Z On withdrawing the gimlet, a small quantity of thick mucus, often blood, escapes, and the interested operator will probably bore the other horn. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z The ice had been duly tested with the orthodox gimlet, and passed as absolutely safe; it was in splendid condition, and the smooth expanse presented a most attractive appearance. The Girls of St. Cyprian's A Tale of School Life 2011-08-24T02:00:19.813Z It took some finding with single matches; but the fear of your neck gives you eyes in your finger-ends, and gimlets, too, by Jove! The Thousandth Woman 2011-08-15T02:00:25.383Z "Oh, yes; I remember the General well—a shrewd old party with eyes like gimlets," said Beaumanoir. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z “Tied up and gimlets bored into our heads.” Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z We say to such men, Lead yourselves not into temptation! if you put a gimlet into your pocket, you will be very likely to slip it into the cow's horn. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z He wondered what Bill Rann thought of it all, and what had become of the james and the gimlets. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z This eases the work—a little grease, too, will make a gimlet bore quicker. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z For this purpose, the floors in the Houses of Parliament were perforated by hundreds of thousands of gimlet holes, and the whole cellar made a hot air chamber. Lectures on Ventilation Being a Course Delivered in the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia 2011-08-03T02:00:12.183Z He filed the heads off the nails, and then tapped them into the gimlet holes; they wanted a little bending, and then their points met, forming a gnomon, like putting the two forefingers together. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Workers manning the machines fixed gimlet eyes on bobbins as thin as knife blades, between which wound even thinner thread. The French connection 2011-08-01T00:31:14Z When all was safe, I took the gimlet from its hiding-place once more, and regarded it with an interest that, I can assure you, no article of that description had ever inspired in me before. A Cabinet Secret 2011-07-31T02:00:10.693Z Those eyes fixed themselves on the girl’s face as though they were gimlets, as though they meant to pierce right into her very soul. A Very Naughty Girl 2011-07-27T02:00:30.947Z One pertinacious fellow actually ensconced himself for several days in the cockloft, from which he watched Crompton at work in the room below, through a gimlet hole he bored in the ceiling. Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science 2011-07-19T02:00:21.280Z There were files, gimlets, hammers, screw-drivers, planes, chisels, the portable vice, six or seven different sorts of nails, every tool indeed they had. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z It twisted itself half round, then reverted to its former position, and again twisted itself, moving like a bradawl, not like a gimlet, which latter forms a complete revolution. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z Yet if the point of the gimlet should chance to penetrate the smooth surface round the lock on the other side, detection would be certain, and the plot would fail by reason of it. A Cabinet Secret 2011-07-31T02:00:10.693Z Her aunt’s eyes were fixed, as though they were gimlets, on her face. A Very Naughty Girl 2011-07-27T02:00:30.947Z Y' see," he went on, his pride of craft in his gimlet eyes, "I'm kind o' known here for a boss sawyer. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z With the gimlet he bored two holes aslant to each other, and then ran for two nails and a file. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z And either on the way to Southampton, or on another boat from that port to Edinburgh, the sailors ran a gimlet into the barrel, and inserted a straw, and drank up all the spirits. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z The gimlet was not a large one, nor was its point particularly sharp. A Cabinet Secret 2011-07-31T02:00:10.693Z Ah, you begin already to fear the gimlet! The Story of an Untold Love 2011-06-17T02:00:17.643Z But he too had no money either; so he gave the lad a gimlet, and then he had leave to cross. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z Giving the duck a twist, he ran to the hut, and fetched a piece of board, his compasses, and a gimlet. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Neale got a gimlet and bored the “eyes” of a big one and the milk foamed out into the children’s cups. The Corner House Girls on Palm Island 2011-06-01T02:00:23.043Z Going to the bunk and procuring my gimlet, I set about the completion of my task with feverish energy. A Cabinet Secret 2011-07-31T02:00:10.693Z If I had my way there'd have been a gimlet through the lot; but Milwaukee was skipper, and wouldn't hear of it. A Crime of the Under-seas 2011-05-17T02:00:16.540Z His eyes bored through me like a pair of gimlets. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z We are quiet—except a fiddle that now and then goes like a gimlet through my Ears—our Landlady’s son not being quite a Proficient. Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends 2011-03-30T02:00:14.620Z “Now, then,” said Uncle Luke, fixing his eyes on Pradelle—like gimlets, as that gentleman observed on the way back; “what is it?” The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z The other man was half the weight of the first, thin, alert, with a well-trimmed Vandyke beard over which glittered a pair of eyes that resembled gimlets in their pointed intensity. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Also I noticed that the good-natured look it had was contradicted by the gray, small eyes, sharp as a gimlet and hard as a nail. The Black Eagle Mystery 2011-03-07T03:00:12.497Z A small worm of a woman this, with a wrinkled face like a baboon, and eyes piercing as gimlets, and a mass of white hair like spun silk. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z Meantime there was that dreadful old woman, with her cold, sharp eyes just like gimlets boring her through and through, and waiting for her to finish what she had to say. Ben Pepper 2011-02-07T03:00:21.607Z For a gimlet will not clear its own way in cork, as it will in wood. The Boys' And Girls' Library 2011-02-06T03:01:02.953Z If she dared to read “past, present and future” with any degree of accuracy, the matron would be startled into observing the “seeress” with those gimlet eyes of hers. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z O'Mally was like a hunter that has his prey at last in sight, drawn forward to the edge of his chair, his jaw squared, his eyes piercing into Ford like gimlets. The Black Eagle Mystery 2011-03-07T03:00:12.497Z I couldn't see the sense of coddling bits of porcelain with senseless faces; the only things I wanted were a jackknife, a gimlet and pieces of wood. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z He stood, shivering, with gimlet flames in his eyes, his fingers twitching restlessly. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z Their eyes pierced the wall like so many gimlets. The Three Eyes 2010-12-20T17:11:46.430Z From now on, I shall be giving Ray Winstone the gimlet eye. Alan Pardew's arrival at Newcastle is already costing me money 2010-12-13T00:06:00Z She rolls over and fixes him with a gimlet eye. Hello Again: A Field Guide to Parents' Weekend 2010-10-07T13:54:00Z In its cool dark depths are the steaks in a covered dish of honey-ginger marinade, the potato salad and coleslaw she put up after breakfast, and the Rose’s lime juice and vodka for the gimlets. 2010-01-11T05:00:00Z No. 3 goes through a gimlet hole in No. 4. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps The poles thus found you shall mark with a sharp file or gimlet. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments Dash it, he was staring hard at me, his beady eyes boring like gimlets, don't you know, and his little shriveled face all puckered up. The Haunted Pajamas He bowed and twisted the sharp point of his red beard, a gimlet with which he would bore through the soft sheeting of a woman's incredulity. A Yankee from the West A Novel I felt as if I had been struck with a sledge-hammer when she said that, and her eyes seemed to be boring through me like gimlets. The Preliminaries And Other Stories He has the most wonderful eyes; look right at you and seem to bore into you like a gimlet. Stories That End Well An Adventure in Altruria——Through the Terrors of the Law——The Real Thing——The Old Partisan——Max—Or His Picture——The Stout Miss Hopkins' Bicycle——The Spellbinder——The Object of the Federation——The Little Lonely Girl——The Hero of Company G——A Miracle Play But all I distinguished were three small gimlet holes set in a triangle in the black tarred wood about four inches apart. Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England I have punctured my hand with the gimlet, just because, while at work, I am busy thinking of other things. On the Heights A Novel Mrs. Barrows' eyes bored like old gimlets sharpened from long use. The Loves of Ambrose One day Limber Tim came up from the Howling Wilderness, all excitement: all gyrations, and gimlets, and corkscrews. First Fam'lies of the Sierras On a balcony below a lady with faded hair and gimlet eyes pounced at her. The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident With a fine gimlet bore a small hole through the board where it meets the angles formed by each section, as shown in No. 7 on mould. Harper's Round Table, July 2, 1895 And do you remember when I painted your new tool-chest and the handles of your saws and gimlets and things with pale green enamel? Man and Maid They seemed to Claudia like small steel gimlets, piercing into her soul! What a Man Wills Why is a bad gimlet like a prophesier of ill events? The Handbook of Conundrums The professor thrust his gaunt face to within an inch of Henry's, his eyes like steel gimlets. Henry Horn's X-Ray Eye Glasses Take the board off again, and bending a thin moulding so that it passes through each gimlet hole, trace a pencil line around the outside of the moulding. Harper's Round Table, July 2, 1895 Some writer has said that a fixed idea is a sort of gimlet; every year gives it another turn. Toilers of the Sea There were a few spikes on the island, but we had neither auger nor gimlet. A Narrative of the Shipwreck, Captivity and Sufferings of Horace Holden and Benj. H. Nute Who were cast away in the American ship Mentor, on the Pelew Islands, in the year 1832; and for two years afterwards were subjected to unheard of sufferings among the barbarous inhabitants of Lord North's island A gimlet taken from its handle and secured to the ramrod, refused to take hold. Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign “He bought a gimlet:” never spell the last word gimblet, as many do. Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected A bad gimlet has spoilt many a day's skating. The Hills and the Vale There was nothing for it but to turn Timar himself into an apprentice, and he now vied with his master from morning to night with chisel and gimlet, in carving, planing, polishing, and turning. Timar's Two Worlds As you say, I have changed; but his eyes are like gimlets, they'd pierce a stone wall. The House by the Lock She replied to his tyrannic voice with one as hard and stabbing as a gimlet. Coquette He could both see and feel, most hideous of all, the piercing triumph in that dread hour of Fitzpatrick's gimlet eyes. The Wilderness Trail Dolly was holding his tools, by permission—only not chisels or gouges, or gimlets, or bradawls, or anything with an edge to it—and the sunflower outside was watching them. When Ghost Meets Ghost An Irish peasant, thinking he had found a barrel of wine, was proceeding to tap it with a gimlet when he heard a voice from within say: “Do not injure the cask.” Legends & Romances of Brittany But that was a poor excuse for being without a gimlet. Our Young Folks—Vol. I, No. II, February 1865 An Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls I held my breath as I felt those gimlet eyes of his boring into me. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 Having some twenty more minutes to walk around the store, and examine the stock, he brought up opposite the clerk, who was busy tying up gimlets, screws, and stuff, for a carpenter's apprentice. The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes A middle-aged man, with blond hair and gimlet like black eyes stepped in. Death Points a Finger When you want a tool—bradawl, gimlet, pincers, anything—here they all are.” The Vast Abyss The Story of Tom Blount, his Uncles and his Cousin Sam Whoever drove that nail should have had a gimlet to bore a hole; but having none, he has spoiled the looks of his whole job. Our Young Folks—Vol. I, No. II, February 1865 An Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls It commences by boring in the earth with the end of its tail, the muscles of which are held firmly contracted; it turns the tail like a gimlet and succeeds in making a conical hole. The Industries of Animals Mrs. Fridolin gazed at her, at the neat American belted serge suit, the straw sailor hat, the demure mouse colored hair, the calm, insolent eyes—eyes that bored like a gimlet. Melomaniacs The Devil did so, and began digging at the spot where the gimlet fell out on the marshy ground till he had dug out the children. Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales Sunny was glowering sulkily; while Bill’s fierce brows were drawn together in an angry frown, and his gimlet eyes seemed to bore their way into the speaker’s face. The Twins of Suffering Creek "What is your name?" asked the little man, looking at him with those gimlet eyes. The Destroyer A Tale of International Intrigue For these the holes should be bored part way with a gimlet, and a peg used larger than the hole. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 I will give you this gimlet and tell you how you can obtain from it pleasure far greater than the pleasure of eating the food which I was so rude as to eat up. Aino Folk-Tales So they found it; and the outer shell was so hard that Phil went to the tool-room after one of his father's small key saws and a gimlet. Harper's Young People, October 26, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Just for a moment he looked into the gimlet eyes of the other. The Twins of Suffering Creek At all times he used his eyes, which were sharp as gimlets. Old Man Curry Race Track Stories I felt his glare like a gimlet in the back; but Pat more loudly than needful expressed her delight in seeing Hingham a second time. The Lightning Conductor Discovers America Then he quietly drew a gimlet from his pocket and bored a hole in the door. A Nest of Spies A mechanic who has a chest of forty tools and can use only the hammer, saw, and gimlet, has little chance with his fellows and soon falls far behind. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character As his head touched the pillow it almost seemed to rebound; and he found himself sitting up again glaring at the opposite wall with the desired inspiration in his gimlet eyes. The Twins of Suffering Creek He rushed into the chief ironmonger's and bought a pair of skates and a gimlet. Oswald Bastable and Others Then he was going to bore a row of holes in the top of his box, near the front edge, with a small gimlet. Stuyvesant A Franconia Story As he turned to depart, his gimlet eyes saw how the girl shrank away from them into her box. Robin Hood With a gimlet bore holes at points A, B, C, and D. Connect these holes with a pencil line as a guide for cutting. Construction Work for Rural and Elementary Schools He stood for some time staring after them with what Billy Louise called his gimlet look. The Ranch at the Wolverine For these, they receive, in exchange, iron points for their spears, knives, saws, gimlets, chisels, needles, chests, boxes, clothing, and utensils of various kinds. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe As soon as this operation was completed, he took a large gimlet and bored a hole through the center of the button. Stuyvesant A Franconia Story But if a string is attached to one end it may be unfastened by pulling the string up through the gimlet hole in the door. Shelters, Shacks and Shanties The ancients had, however, a lighting apparatus consisting of two pieces of wood, of which the one was driven into the other, like a gimlet, the friction effecting a flame. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life He peered sharply at a small bit and held it in his fingers, while he bent his face close to the pan, his eyes two gimlets boring into the contents. The Ranch at the Wolverine She was a steely-faced woman of middle age with gimlet eyes and dank black hair in a ragged fringe. Juggernaut This plan being all agreed upon, Phonny climbed up upon the bench, with his gimlet in his hand, and taking his seat upon the box, was beginning to bore the holes. Stuyvesant A Franconia Story To conceal this lock, draw the string through the gimlet hole and fasten a nail on the string. Shelters, Shacks and Shanties If he had a gimlet he'd bore holes in the boards, and stick pins through to make the others cry. Nine Little Goslings Ward spoke dully, evenly, and he still stared at the coffee-pot with that gimlet gaze of his that made Billy Louise want to scream. The Ranch at the Wolverine Her black gimlet eyes surveyed him with a baleful glare as with a distinct touch of irony she inquired if it were permitted that she should bring Madame something to eat. Juggernaut Stuyvesant got a small gimlet to bore holes for the nails. Stuyvesant A Franconia Story The door shows the two strings H and K coming through gimlet holes near the top. Shelters, Shacks and Shanties I must be sure to see if he has any gimlets in his pocket before I put him in. Nine Little Goslings Ward's eyes bored like gimlets through the space that divided them. The Ranch at the Wolverine Here he clung precariously with one hand while with the other he produced a gimlet and noiselessly bored two holes in the green shutters. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 16, 1914 He fixed her with a hostile glare and at her he aimed a blunt gimlet of a forefinger. Sundry Accounts The brace and bit, gimlet, chisels, and saws, having achieved a standard form distinctly different than those of Moxon's vintage, were, like the plane, slow to change. Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 Just like a gimlet goes—no, that doesn't either. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 2nd, 1914 The gimlet eyes of the old white-haired scientist regarded the newspaperman sharply. Hellhounds of the Cosmos Going to the nail-box he selected a small brass hook, with a screw at the end, and a gimlet. Jessie Carlton The Story of a Girl who Fought with Little Impulse, the Wizard, and Conquered Him His hard gray eyes bored into her like a brace of gimlets, and in return for all her talk he axed but one question. Humorous Ghost Stories Boring tools are: gimlets, bradawls, stock, and bits. Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 The buyer was a roundbodied man with black gimlet eyes that saw much he never told. Crooked Trails and Straight "The right one is it?" said Tom, and his look went through her like a gimlet. Cornwall's Wonderland Many small handles for such articles as flatirons, gimlets, augers, screw drivers, chisels, varnish and paint brushes, butcher and carving knives, etc. Seasoning of Wood A gimlet hole sufficiently large to admit of the passage of one wire should be made half an inch outwards from the centre of the site of each binding post. The Electric Bath They probed with centre bits and gimlets into every portion of the room. The Secret House His eyes bored like steel gimlets into those of his enemy. Crooked Trails and Straight So she only set her sharp eyes, that Dr. Marks' pupils always called “gimlets,” full upon him. Five Little Peppers at School They seemed to bore like gimlets into my very soul. Some Reminiscences of old Victoria From the centre of this bed a gimlet hole pierces the board. The Electric Bath A peculiar augur or screw gimlet used for clearing the vent of a gun when obstructed. 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. Cullison was looking at him with the steel eyes 56 that bored into him like a gimlet. Crooked Trails and Straight He was one of the gimlet characters who, by diligence and memory, gain prizes in their school days—and are fools for the remainder of their lives. The House with the Green Shutters The rumble where Tom sat was by this time so full of water that he was obliged to borrow a gimlet and bore holes in the bottom to let it run out. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete Fetching a gimlet, he bored a hole right in the centre of the carved blossom, but though it turned and creaked a little it wouldn’t come out. Patty's Friends The action of turning the anchor round on its fluke, so that the motion of the stock appears similar to that of the handle of a gimlet when it is employed to bore a hole. 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. Then the lady smiled and the blue gimlets looked quite merry. New Treasure Seekers or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune With a tape line, gimlet, and plumb-bob, a mechanic is fully equipped with tools to get his measurements. Elements of Plumbing My nails are twisted like gimlets; my teeth are cut like a saw; and my hair, wriggled out of shape, bristles with darts which I scatter, right and left, behind me. The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul But Bob had already gone for tools, and soon returned with screw-drivers, chisels, gimlets, and all the paraphernalia of a carpenter’s well-appointed tool-chest. Patty's Friends This is the chap that bores holes into dry wood, as nicely as you can bore with a gimlet, on which account he is sometimes called the borer. Mike Marble His Crotchets and Oddities. She was very upright, and she had eyes that went through you like blue gimlets. New Treasure Seekers or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune The old fellow stared at Dad with his gimlet grey eyes, looking him through and through, knitting his brows, and sniffing and snorting at a fine rate. Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant Have your table linen sweet and clean, your knives bright, spoons well washed, two wine-augers some box taps, a broaching gimlet, a pipe and bung. Early English Meals and Manners After him came a taller, slimmer man with eyes like gimlets and a skin wrinkled and tanned like Russian leather. The World Peril of 1910 No wonder that his glance was a gimlet, or that his whole life was divided between watching and overlooking. Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. Owen then handed down a bag of nails, a hammer and saw, some gimlets and chisels, which Nat secured, as he was directed by Owen, who leapt down after him. Owen Hartley; or, Ups and Downs A Tale of Land and Sea Some of the stems of the kablioun, made of cherry tree, jasmine, wild plum, and ebony, are five feet in length, and are bored with a kind of gimlet. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce To broach a pipe, pierce it with an auger or gimlet, four fingers- breadth over the lower rim, so that the dregs may not rise. Early English Meals and Manners Two gimlet eyes surveyed the scene; a mouth all awry from a sabre-slash closed grimly as Captain West rose to attention. Special Messenger Bore a hole in straight for about 1/4-in. with a 1/4-in. bit for each screw, and then run a gimlet at an angle into the leg. Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 2 "Look out!" he cries; "you are running the gimlet into my heel!" The History of "Punch" The workman, placing the gimlet above the long, slender branchlet of wood, bores half the length, and then reverses the position to operate upon the other half. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce Look every night that your wines don’t ferment or leak Always carry a gimlet, adze, and linen cloths; and wash the heads of the pipes with cold water. Early English Meals and Manners The general’s gimlet eyes seemed to bore through her. Special Messenger That all the antique furniture sold in America is made in Grand Rapids, Mich., and that the holes testifying to its age are made either with gimlets or by trained worms. The American Credo A Contribution Toward the Interpretation of the National Mind He turned towards us, the poker still in his hand, and with an eye like a gimlet seemed to take us in at a single glance. The Dew of Their Youth This knife, with blade, gimlet, hook, and saw, was a valuable instrument under the circumstances. Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery Cannon did well on sugar, but nobody dissected the whiskey section which bored gimlet holes into the bottom of every barrel of high wine to let it out without paying a cent of tax. Fifty Years of Public Service He was an odd-looking, active little man of about fifty with keen blue eyes that bored into one like a gimlet. Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' A small soldering iron, with pointed end, should be provided; also metal shears and a small square; an awl and several sizes of gimlets; a screwdriver; pair of pliers and wire cutters p. Electricity for Boys Wines, too,—what-not, est-est, tokay, and all the rest, flowing from the inexhaustible tap of the same Mephistopheles, with his golden gimlet. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 "I am Burchel Jones, the famous detective," declared the owner of the gimlet eyes, swelling with importance. Frank Merriwell's Bravery A much better one can easily be made by taking a round stick, say one-half or three-fourths of an inch in diameter and boring small holes through it with a gimlet. Gardening Indoors and Under Glass A Practical Guide to the Planting, Care and Propagation of House Plants, and to the Construction and Management of Hotbed, Coldframe and Small Greenhouse In a few minutes the two girls had pulled down a number of strips of wood, had opened Mr. Pennell's tool-chest and taken out a number of planes, a small saw, gimlets and a hammer. A Little Maid of Old Philadelphia "Lady—" says I. "Don't lady me, Mr. Fresh," says she, throwin' the gimlets my way. Shorty McCabe In marked contrast with his sunburned skin were his eyes—blue, deep blue, but keen and sharp as a pair of gimlets. The Scarlet Plague Willy said she was welcome to the gimlet, but that he advised her to leave it alone, for that she would only break my feet. The Doll and Her Friends or Memoirs of the Lady Seraphina "To the discerning eye," with a horrible screw of his gimlet one. The Confidence-Man “I expected that we should have to do that, and have the big gimlet with me.” Masterman Ready The Wreck of the "Pacific" There were three empty wine-bottles, a hammer, a chisel, gimlet, and some other tools, also three or four fishing-lines many fathoms long. The Little Savage My gimlet would serve as an awl or sailmaker’s needle, though not an efficient substitute. Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures She asked Willy to lend her a gimlet, that she might bore holes at the sides of my feet, and glue the ribbon into them, so as not to show the glue. The Doll and Her Friends or Memoirs of the Lady Seraphina At last breakfast was over, and then gimlets, and bradawls, and spare straps were in great requisition, to enable them to fit on their skates before they went to the pond. Ernest Bracebridge School Days It had two blades, a small saw, a corkscrew, a gimlet, a leather-punch, and a hook for pulling a stone out of the hoof of the old horse Ebenezer. The Tale of Daddy Longlegs Tuck-Me-In Tales “Why, sir,” said Dumlow; “we’re down in the hold among them sperrit casks as was stowed by themselves, and some one’s been opening one of ’em with a gimlet and letting us all drink.” Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea Suddenly I recollected that I had been making a stand for my cutter before she was stolen, and that I had had a gimlet to bore holes in the wood. Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures The openings were of about the same calibre as the bullet, and at their entrance was a small amount of bone dust such as would be found at the entry hole of a gimlet. Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre She hated these sharp, gimlet, gouging sort of men that would put a screw between body and soul for money. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 It has two blades, and a saw, and a corkscrew, and a gimlet, and a leather-punch, and a hook to use on a horse's hoof. The Tale of Daddy Longlegs Tuck-Me-In Tales The next minute I had bored a hole right through, and on withdrawing the gimlet I could see daylight. Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea A couple of glasses and a gimlet had been sent for. Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures Had they owned an auger or a mortising chisel, or even a good gimlet, the thing would have been easy enough. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" About the same time a gimlet was forced through the electric cable of a Hope-Jones organ at Hendon Parish Church, London, England. The Recent Revolution in Organ Building Being an Account of Modern Developments They bored a hole in it with a gimlet, and sucked the rum out through a straw. Frank Oldfield Lost and Found I waited, and heard the sound of boring, and a few minutes later, as I kept a hand upon the board, I felt the point of a knife or gimlet working its way through. Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea It was unpleasant to be stared at by “eyes like gimlets,” to be asked if one’s head ached, and warned gravely of the dangers of overwork. Tom and Some Other Girls A Public School Story His eye was like a gimlet, and seemed to penetrate my inmost thoughts; for, I declare, he guessed the feeling that was uppermost in my mind. Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy Once an idea had penetrated his skull it would stick there like a gimlet and the devil himself couldn't pull it out. Brazilian Tales Who is this lurking figure in the forward hold, who, with a complacent smile on his lips, gazes on a crumpled map, and ever and anon sharpens a gimlet? Boycotted And Other Stories Tom had broken his gimlet and three extra ones which fortunately some one had brought. Tom Slade with the Colors Then I went and got this gimlet out of the little tool box and bored a tiny hole through the wood in this shutter. The Grammar School Boys Snowbound or, Dick & Co. at Winter Sports Lin had unmercifully bored into his ears with a towel shaped like a gimlet at one corner, assuring his mother he was "dirtier 'an the dirtiest coal digger in town." Watch Yourself Go By "Your name's Fairchild, isn't it?" asked the person of letters, as he fastened a pair of gimlet eyes on the owner of the Blue Poppy. The Cross-Cut Two vigorous turns of the gimlet, and the “Harnessed Mule” rears on her beam ends, and, with one stupendous lurch, goes to the bottom. Boycotted And Other Stories There had been a special scout meeting for this15 work; every scout had come equipped with a gimlet, and there was such a boring seance as had never been known before. Tom Slade with the Colors "That dreadful boy!" he muttered—"that dreadful, dreadful boy, with hair like a flame, and eyes that peered into you like gimlets!" Sue, A Little Heroine Mr. Bangs wheeled upon him, his eyes like fiery gimlets. Quin "It was water the boys came down here in search of; and they've tapped five barrels of sirup in the operation, and finally they've stuck the gimlet into a cask of—taste on't." The Drummer Boy Some, with hammers, gimlets, and nails, were eagerly securing the windows, while others were dragging along the ponderous desks, forms, and everything portable, to blockade, with certain security, every place which might admit of ingress. A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide She's as shrewd as a gimlet in her own funny way. The Heather-Moon They include―give, get, gill, gimlet, girl, gibberish, gelding, gerrymander, gewgaw, geyser, giddy, gibbon, gift, gig, giggle, gild, gimp, gingham, gird, girt, girth, eager, and begin. The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric The gimlet eyes of the old miner fastened on the spot where in another moment his hoped-for rescuers would appear. The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North Petitot said slowly, his eyes fixed like gimlets to the other's face. The Long Night Bertie nailed the cover on, and bored a hole with a gimlet. Baby Pitcher's Trials Little Pitcher Stories But he did not hold the door open when Luigi went, and his little eyes were hard like gimlet points. Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers I could feel her eyes boring into my head like twin gimlets. The Lost Valley From the stationer's he went to an ironmonger's and bought a saw, a brace, a gimlet, a screw-driver and two gross of screws—his tool-box had long needed refilling. The Terrible Twins The little grey eyes of Batoche were fixed like gimlets on the wall opposite, at the line where it touched the ceiling. The Bastonnais Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775-76 When he chanced to look at her his small bead-like eyes bored through her like gimlets. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Barking the trunks for sheer wanton mischief is undoubtedly the cause in some cases, and it has been suggested that quicksilver has occasionally been inserted in gimlet holes. Nature Near London "Something in that," said London Bill, a gleam of admiration in his beady gimlet eye. The President A novel Or"—the thought was sharp as a gimlet—"what if he saw you, and knew you were listening? The Second Latchkey If only there were, in my plane-trees, among the insects which carry gimlets, some friends of silence like myself, who would devote themselves to such a task! Social Life in the Insect World Much as she dreaded the wrath of Cronk, much more did she fear Crabbe's eyes, when, half-covered with squinting lids, they pierced her like gimlets. From the Valley of the Missing Clinical Features.—There is severe boring pain—as if a gimlet were being driven into the bone. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. His shrewd gimlet eyes seemed fairly to pierce me, as he deliberately helped himself to tobacco from a pouch at his waist. When Wilderness Was King A Tale of the Illinois Country He flushed red as beets and took his daughter somewhere where their gimlet stare could not bore to her. The Old Flute-Player A Romance of To-day Ye same day in ye afternoon, my thread four times taken away and come downe ye chimney againe; my awl and a gimlet wanting came down ye chimney. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4 A mosquito's gimlet carries more terrors for the explorer than the elephant's trunk, and his hum is more dreaded than the roar of the lion. In Search of the Okapi A Story of Adventure in Central Africa By their side was placed some lengths of fuse, a brace of pistols, a long gimlet, some hooks, and cord. The Cornet of Horse A Tale of Marlborough's Wars I found a two-franc piece—a bright new one, worthy of its destiny—and looking up as I shut my purse, I saw the old woman's eyes fixed on me, and sharp as gimlets. The Motor Maid The box was close on every side, with a little door for me to go in and out, and a few gimlet holes to let in air. Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Regions of the World The eyes beneath her pince-nez were like little gimlets. More William The gimlet should be allowed to extend outside of the canoe only sufficiently to be detected, and the holes thus made will seldom give any trouble as leaks. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making With the gimlet holes were made a couple of feet above the water. The Cornet of Horse A Tale of Marlborough's Wars If the walls seem to be thick and covered with wainscot, being tried with a gimlet, if it strike not the wall but go through, some suspicion is to be had thereof. Strange Pages from Family Papers His eyes bored as steadily as gimlets into the craven heart of the outlaw. The Sheriff's Son He had but one eye, and he wore a big black patch over the place where the other had been; but that one eye, mates, would screw into you like a gimlet. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 426 Volume 17, New Series, February 28, 1852 These holes may be bored with a gimlet or burned with a red-hot wire. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making Not now," said he, driving in his gimlet, — "I must finish this first. Hills of the Shatemuc AS bullets come to us they're thin, They're angular, or smooth and fat, Some spiral are, and gimlet in, And some are sharp, and others flat. 'Hello, Soldier!' Khaki Verse They all saw that Schlorge had something on his mind, and began to watch him as he took his gimlet out of his pocket and began to cut a small willow wand. The Garden of the Plynck The farmer bored him strangely a moment with his little gimlet eyes, snorted out a laugh, clapped his reins, and started on. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul This should be inserted perpendicularly in the further end of the lower slab, being bent into a curve which shall slide easily through a gimlet hole in the edge of the upper board. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making "Including, no doubt, an auger, or, at any rate, a fair-sized gimlet?" Poison Island He had driven a gimlet into the schoolhouse wall, and tied his horse to it with a stout rope. The Pot of Gold And Other Stories "We nearly always use the big ones for horses," she explained, "and then there's a gimlet hole through the shell." Jewel's Story Book Some writer has well described them as animated gimlets. Dickey Downy The Autobiography of a Bird Each should have one end whittled to a point, which will admit of its being inserted in a gimlet hole in the bottom of the trap. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making Now the Rat had not the faintest idea as to what the gimlet really was, but he had another idea instead. The Curious Book of Birds Why, y' see, Geoff, she's got a grouch on because I was out last night, so, if she gives you the gimlet eye at first, just josh her along a bit. The Definite Object A Romance of New York The gimlet eyes bored into him, and the frank and truthful eyes met them unabashed, unwavering, with a something in them which made the other blink. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man The gimlet is like ours but instead of a brace and bit to make holes, the Arab uses a fiddle-string stretched on a bow which he twists once or twice around his borer, or auger-bit. Topsy-Turvy Land Arabia Pictured for Children These gimlet holes should be made at least half an inch in depth. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making And when he reached the ground of course he landed fast upon the sharp point of the gimlet, just as the Rat had planned. The Curious Book of Birds But if you were to take a gimlet and bore a hole in Mrs. Rodman's head, you couldn't make her believe anybody would smile at Her. Mary Cary "Frequently Martha" The Butterfly Man's lips drew back from his teeth and his eyes narrowed to gimlet points behind his glasses. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man It is sometimes sarcastically asserted that the ostrich digests with satisfaction to itself such articles as gimlets, nails, and penknives; but this is a slander. John L. Stoddard's Lectures, Vol. 10 (of 10) Southern California; Grand Canon of the Colorado River; Yellowstone National Park Elevate the platform evenly and determine the spot for the other gimlet hole, which should be directly beneath the point of the filed brad. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making The purchase money was paid, which consisted of a shirt, a hatchet, a spike nail, a knife, a pair of scissors, a gimlet, and file; to which was added a small quantity of loaf-sugar. A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship His little eyes bored into mine like gimlets. The Man with the Clubfoot His mechanical implement to meet the death-struggle for fresh air, all told, was one large gimlet. The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. She evidently had in mind the typical old maid with gimlet ringlets! Memories and Anecdotes A gimlet hole should now be bored on a line between the auger hole and notched peg, and half an inch from the latter. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making The gimlet eyes must note the outdoor clothing each girl wore on arrival, in order to be sure that she did not go forth at evening clad in the property of a comrade. Winnie Childs The Shop Girl "Black eyes—little an' round like gimlet holes." The Diamond Master "Well," he answered, gauging me with his blue, gimlet eyes, "it's just as well to know." The Inheritors McVay shrugged his shoulders, "when he once gets an idea into his head, it takes a gimlet to get it out." The Burglar and the Blizzard A Christmas Story This may readily be done with a narrow saw, by first boring a series of gimlet holes in which to insert it. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making The locker room had countless rows of narrow cells with iron gratings for doors; and the gimlet gaze of two stalwart young females pierced each newcomer. Winnie Childs The Shop Girl His heavy brows depressed, and his deep-set eyes narrowed to gimlet holes. The Man in the Twilight Underneath the picker, there should be a small triangular borer, for making holes in leather, and a gimlet. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries What folly to be hankering after our neighbor's chalk line and gimlet! Around The Tea-Table By the aid of a gimlet or awl, four holes should now be made through the board, beneath the end of each cross piece, and also directly under the side piece. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making "I declare, Betty," he said with some little exasperation, "I believe if you were locked inside a trunk with only gimlet holes to breathe through you would manage to get into trouble." Betty Gordon at Mountain Camp Regular gimlet eyes, too, and a very fitch for sharpness, though younger than his appearance might make you fancy,” said the miller. Children of the Mist I told them they were at liberty to go, and made each of them a present of a hatchet, a saw, with some knives, gimlets, and nails. The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty: Its Cause and Consequences "You are sharp as a gimlet," said he. Helmet of Navarre Assuming one as the upper board, proceed to bore a gimlet hole three inches from the hinges. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making "Bees could crawl in through the gimlet holes and sting her." Betty Gordon at Mountain Camp She knew, she felt those gimlet glances, the looks and meaning smiles that were being exchanged, and she writhed under them, while her heart felt very full and sore. Kitty Trenire The conference ended at last by an express promise that he should have immediately three hoes, an axe, a few nails, and a gimlet. John Rutherford, the White Chief With red hair, cut very short, he had a round, freckled, beardless face, with two little eyes like gimlet holes. A Love Episode A 3/16 in. gimlet hole should be bored for each screw or the wood will split. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. The projecting wires of the feet were put through gimlet holes in the perch and made firm, and Si's Owls were ready for their positions. Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned As a matter of fact, Scattergood had amassed considerable more money than even the gimlet eyes and whispering tongues of Coldriver had been able to credit him with. Scattergood Baines Tear is another matter: it comes of hard or evil usage of body or engine, of putting things to wrong purposes, using a chisel for a screw-driver, a penknife for a gimlet. Wear and Tear or, Hints for the Overworked Zephyrin started back into a corner of the room, his mouth wide agape from ear to ear in silent laughter, and the gimlet holes of his eyes gleaming with rustic roguery. A Love Episode As he passed Bob, that young man was conscious of a keen, gimlet scrutiny from the blue eyes, a scrutiny instantaneous, but which seemed to penetrate his very flesh to the soul of him. The Rules of the Game It contained two sheafs of bank notes and a number of diminutive articles, such as a gimlet, a watch spring, and some pills. The Teeth of the Tiger His mother tells him he should have come home for a bucket to hold the meal, and the gimlet he should have put up his sleeve. The Book of Noodles Stories of Simpletons; or, Fools and Their Follies That is she in the old black silk—the one with the gimlet curls and the accelerated lap-cat. Cobwebs from an Empty Skull He was a small man, with small features and very small eyes which, somehow, suggested gimlets. The High School Boys' Training Hike Rotate the lathe, and with a gimlet bore a hole at the exact center and through the board. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do You may think different, but I'm not afraid of any man in your outfit, from the gimlet to the big auger. Cattle Brands A Collection of Western Camp-fire Stories I could feel those steel-blue eyes working like gimlets into my back as I strode down the hill and passed the wooden plank that lay across the stream at its foot. The Delectable Duchy With a small gimlet he bored holes in the box to let in fresh air, and fanned himself with his hat, to keep the air in motion. Lives of Girls Who Became Famous Joseph is seen building up the framework of a house, assisted by an angel; Jesus is boring a hole with a large gimlet: an angel helps him; Mary is winding thread. Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts There are some parties in this place who employ very queer legal advisers; and in shaking hands, a file or a gimlet, and a bit of tobacco, are as likely to pass as not. Bred in the Bone There is a patriotism that looks at the future through a gimlet hole, and sees in it but a single star. A Walk from London to John O'Groat's He amused himself burning holes through the pantry shelves, when the cook was out, and boring holes, with a gimlet, through a handsomely carved bread board. Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 It is next in value to white oak for making hoops; it makes the best screws, the smoothest and most durable handles for chisels, augurs, gimlets, axes, and many other common tools. Among the Trees at Elmridge The one called the date-shell can, assisted by its liquid acid, pierce the hardest stone with its cylindrical gimlet. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel The artist lounged in the window seat, watching Veronica closely and smiling slightly to himself, and facing Veronica sat a small, keen-looking man with little, steely gray eyes that bored like gimlets. The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit Or, over the Top with the Winnebagos He had one eye, like a gimlet on a universal joint; he turned it this and that way without any corresponding movement of his head. Jimgrim and Allah's Peace An evil spirit put gimlets into my head, but I shook them out like so much powder, and resolved to be honorable, if I was an artist. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 But I groped round; and having found the side next the street, where I could frequently see my children, I stuck the gimlet in and waited for evening. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself He could have moved it now for nothing short of a gimlet or a red-hot wire. Martin Chuzzlewit What corkscrews did I see the military power bring out against that Bottle; what gimlets, spikes, divining rods, gauges, and unknown tests and instruments! The Uncommercial Traveller The box was close on every side, with a little door for me to go in and out, and a few gimlet holes to let in air. Gulliver's Travels Is not the world a big butt of humour, into which all who will may drive a gimlet? The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan One day I hit my head against something, and found it was a gimlet. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself Dicky picked up the tools from the floor, and suddenly he said— 'Why, this is Father's screwdriver and his gimlets, and all! The Story of the Treasure Seekers But Raffles had taken out the portable tool-box that he called a knife, and always carried, and as he opened the gimlet he handed me the club he held. Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman But he felt the eye of the night watchman boring through him like a gimlet, and he was glad to edge off and be on his way again. Stories from Everybody's Magazine His fixed idea, which had been intensified by a month of drunkenness, and which was continually increasing in his absolute solitude? pene-trated him like a gimlet. Selected Writings of Guy De Maupassant Arthur himself had provided the prizes for the men, and Bill was made happy with a splendid pocket-knife, supplied with blades and gimlets enough to make a man at home on a desert island. Adam Bede Another of his droll sayings was that he "considered no man a thorough mechanic unless he could cut a plank with a gimlet, and bore a hole with a saw!" James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography "She looks exactly like a—like a gimlet." Anne of Green Gables These tools consisted of ten in all—a skeleton key, two pick-locks, a centre-bit, gimlet, gouge, chisel, vice jemmy and knife; a portable ladder, a revolver and life preserver completed his equipment. A Book of Remarkable Criminals This was, however, a work of some difficulty, as all the tools he possessed were only a knife, a gimlet, and an old saw. Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers "Well——" He used his toe as a gimlet, boring into the ground, his wide open eyes staring with intense vacancy at a button on his sleeve. Penrod I slept through it for a while, dreaming that I had swallowed a sovereign, and that they were cutting a hole in my back with a gimlet, so as to try and get it out. Three Men in a Boat She had not hitherto struck him as being a person of much penetration, but he now felt sure that her gimlet gaze might bore to the heart of any practical problem. The Reef Others have been drawn out, not without trouble, from the bottoms of ships, which they had pierced through and through, as a gimlet pierces a barrel. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea "You surely must have a gimlet, you will make a few holes here and there, around my mouth, and you will nail the top plank on loosely." Les Misérables His face was shaded by his hand, but Amarilly's gimlet glance noted that he frequently sent a fleeting, troubled look toward the King pew. Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley I got quite cross with them after a bit, and told them what I thought of them, and then they gave the gimlet such an excruciating wrench that I woke up. Three Men in a Boat It was Crawshay the man, stripped for action, whose lean, strong fingers were gripping the butt of that revolver, and whose eyes were holding him like gimlets. The Box with Broken Seals She let her gaze bore into his like gimlets burning for center. Star-Dust His glance was like a gimlet, cold and piercing. Les Misérables I shot the question at him and tried to imitate gimlets with my eyes. It Happened in Egypt Not asking if happy Or grievous their lot: The soldier, we know, Shaves his beard with a gimlet, Has nothing but smoke In the winter to warm him,— 60 What joy can be his? Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia? Nay, it is paltry gimlet, and that augurs badly. The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages His little eyes were like steel, humorously glinting gimlets in the process of boring, the old face wrinkling up around them as pliantly as a dough eraser. Star-Dust And quite suddenly the second officer, a bright-red Scotchman with little blue eyes like tempered gimlets, threw out a red hand and pointing finger. Roden's Corner A wimble is a long tool, like a great gimlet, with a cross handle, with which you turn it like a screw. Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood Find in the Glossary the meaning of: soaring; lank; gimlet; yore; pinion; tinkered; mummies; quirk; smirk; crevice; weasel; cunning; ancient; helm; ruefully. The Elson Readers, Book 5 He was no doubt the head doctor, for his glance was as sharp and piercing as a gimlet. L'Assommoir I had brought a gimlet, and with this I had bored a good many holes in the door of our room. The Happy Days of the Empress Marie Louise He was the chief physician of the hospital, and his eyes were like gimlets. L'Assommoir With a gimlet I bored a hole in the floor, through which I passed a piece of string. Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood She had the impression that all the men had soft voices, large, embracing arms, gimlet eyes and bored, impersonal smiles. Ptomaine Street His toes were like a virginal on The peritoneum, or caul wherein an organ. his bowels were wrapped, like His nails, like a gimlet. a billiard-table. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 A tall, thin man with an eye like a gimlet. My Man Jeeves Certain insistent phrases bored into his brain like gimlets, pierced his skull, and made him scream with agony. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House Then I cut away the olive branches, smoothed the trunk, made a bedpost, and bored all with a gimlet. Authors of Greece There was a hole in his chest—a hole which turned and widened, as if a gimlet were being twisted in it. Jean-Christophe, Volume I Miss Caroline fixed her with a gimlet eye. The Vision of Desire Gorenflot went off quite happy, and then Chicot made, with a gimlet, a hole in the partition at about the height of his eye. Chicot the Jester This new George had an eye that was a combination of a gimlet and a searchlight. The Clicking of Cuthbert My offer was accepted, and I gradually accumulated tools of various sorts--gimlets, chisels, etc. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 04 — Fiction James was well aware that to tell that acute individual the least particle of a story was like starting a gimlet in a pine board—there was no stop till it had gone through. Betty's Bright Idea; Deacon Pitkin's Farm; and the First Christmas of New England With a strength which one would not have suspected in her little hands, withered by age, she inserted the gimlet, and made a hole at the height indicated by the servant. Doctor Pascal Ailward carried off as security for his debt the lock, a gimlet, and some tools, and a whetstone which hung from the roof. Henry the Second Another pause ensued during which the gimlet eyes of the professor were busy. Up the Hill and Over You go and ask Vic Norris if he's got an awl or a small gimlet—see? Roy Blakeley's Adventures in Camp Bore a hole in the lower part of the cask with a gimlet, receiving the liquid stream which follows in the bottle and filterer, which is placed in a tub or basin. The Book of Household Management The Sergeant did not start; he was too old a hand for that; but his small gimlet eyes searched his new acquaintance's face very keenly. The Secret of the Tower Still he bored into the young face with those kind gimlets, his good little eyes, and— "You are—one of us?" he asked, "of ze Church?" The Magnetic North But, my friends and feller citizens, old VAN is sharper that a two-edged gimlet. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 26, September 24, 1870 Describe the motions of the bones when we are using a gimlet. Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics Mr Robertson was a long, silent man with grizzled hair, and an eye that pierced like a gimlet. A Prefect's Uncle There were three empty wine bottles, a hammer, a chisel, gimlet, and some other tools, also three or four fishing-lines many fathoms long. The Little Savage Mrs. Porter looked at him with the gimlet stare which made her so intensely disliked by practically every man she knew. The Coming of Bill Also that bird-like eye seemed to gimlet its way into his very soul, and divine the secret disloyalty that he had been contemplating. Queen Lucia The governor could with a gimlet bore a hole in any tree in the woods, and draw from it as he pleased; any kind of wine or other liquor. Algonquin Legends of New England The doctor now produced a little gimlet, with the help of which the broken fragments of the former linchpin were pushed out, and the way was cleared for a new one. Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe |
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