wimble

Example Sentences

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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

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

"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

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

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

From Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood by MacDonald, George