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  • gimlet — gim|let [ˈgımlıt] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: guimbelet, probably from Middle Dutch wimmel tool for making holes ] 1.) a tool that is used to make small holes in wood so that you can put screws in easily 2.) gimlet eyed/gimlet eyes… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • gimlet — noun (C) 1 a tool that is used to make small holes in wood so that you can put screws in easily 2 gimlet eyed/gimlet eyes if someone is gimlet eyed, or has gimlet eyes, they look at things very hard and notice every detail 3 an alcoholic drink… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • gimlet — [[t]gɪ̱mlɪt[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n If you say that someone has gimlet eyes, you mean that they look at people or things very carefully, and seem to notice every detail. [WRITTEN] Have you read the whole book? she asks, gimlet eyed …   English dictionary

  • gimlet — /ˈgɪmlət / (say gimluht) noun 1. a small tool for boring holes, consisting of a shaft with a pointed screw at one end and a handle at the other. 2. a tree, Eucalyptus saluleris, of western Australia, the bole of which is characteristically… …  

  • Gimlet (tool) — A gimlet is a hand tool for drilling small holes, mainly in wood, without splitting. It was defined in Gwilt s Architecture (1859) as a piece of steel of a semi cylindrical form, hollow on one side, having a cross handle at one end and a worm or… …   Wikipedia

  • gimlet-eyed — adjective Having piercing eyes, sharp sighted. Dn her gooseberry wig, said the corporal, when she was out of hearing, that gimlet eyed jade mother adjutant, as we call her is a greater plague to the regiment than provost marshal …   Wiktionary

  • Kushiel's Legacy — Kushiel s Dart Kushiel s Chosen Kushiel s Avatar Kushiel s Scion Kushiel s Justice Kushiel s Mercy Author …   Wikipedia

  • Court of Night-Blooming Flowers — In Jacqueline Carey s Kushiel s Legacy saga, the Court of Night Blooming Flowers, also known as the Night Court , refers to the thirteen Houses of Mont Nuit in the City of Elua, home to the Servants of Naamah, the most elite cadre of religious… …   Wikipedia

  • palter — verb /ˈpɔːltə,ˈpɒltə/ a) To talk insincerely; to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions. I would prevaricate and palter in my usual plausible way, but, this being Cambridge, such stratagems would cut no ice with my remorseless and (in my… …   Wiktionary

  • List of The King of Braves GaoGaiGar antagonists — This is an index of antagonist characters and mecha in the anime and manga The King of Braves GaoGaiGar and The King of Braves GaoGaiGar FINAL .Zonder RobosWhen a living humanoid being (human or alien) is infected with Zonder Metal, it becomes a… …   Wikipedia

  • The Fiend Corps — The Rei Ginsei gang is a fictional gang of criminals in the novel Vampire Hunter D.MembersRei Ginsei:Rei Ginsei is one of the most skilled human warriors encountered in the D novels. He is the gang s leader, and seems to be the most skilled… …   Wikipedia

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