gimleting

Laupahoehoe crowded into the room and verandah with the most persistent, unwinking, gimleting stare I ever saw.

The Hawaiian Archipelago Isabella Lucy 2004

"And did you suppose 'twas true?" demanded Maria scornfully, her arms akimbo, her blue eyes gimleting Miss Caroline's face.

The Vision of Desire Margaret Pedler

The casual visitor to the Grand Cañon first of all takes the rim drive; then he essays Bright Angel Trail, which is sufficiently scary for his purposes until he gets used to it; and after that he grows more adventurous and tackles Hermit Trail, which is a marvel of corkscrew convolutions, gimleting its way down this red abdominal wound of a cañon to the very gizzard of the world.

The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories Franklin K. [Editor] Mathiews

He even went to bed with his clothes and cap on, and at every hour during the night would get up and prowl about the bunk house, one ear turned down the wind, his eyes gimleting the darkness.

McTeague 1920

"You said twice, she was nice," put in old man Adams, his bleary, red rimmed ferret eyes gimleting at the stage driver.

Six Feet Four Jackson Gregory 1912

The casual visitor to the Grand Cañon first of all takes the rim drive; then he essays Bright Angel Trail, which is sufficiently scary for his purposes until he gets used to it; and after that he grows more adventurous and tackles Hermit Trail, which is a marvel of corkscrew convolutions, gimleting its way down this red abdominal wound of a cañon to the very gizzard of the world.

Roughing it De Luxe John T. McCutcheon 1910

Standing there with the cynical smile still on his lips, his strange eyes gimleting them with a cold sort of laughter, it was as if Breault tortured them with a last horrible joke.

The Country Beyond James Oliver Curwood 1903

Blake's eyes, gimleting to her soul, were shot with a sudden fire as he, too, leaned a little over the table.

Back to God's Country and Other Stories James Oliver Curwood 1903

"Can't seem to find out," admitted the landlord, and the young man bestowed on Brophy an expansive grin which was a comment on the latter's well-known penchant for gimleting in search of information.

Joan of Arc of the North Woods Holman Day 1900

He even went to bed with his clothes and cap on, and at every hour during the night would get up and prowl about the bunk house, one ear turned down the wind, his eyes gimleting the darkness.

McTeague 1899