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▪ I. gimp, gymp, n.1|gɪmp|
Also 7–9 guimp.
[Of obscure origin; Du. gimp in the same sense appears already in Jacob Cats (died 1660), and so is earlier than our first example of the Eng. word; some mod.Ger. Dicts. have gimpe, gimpf; recent Fr. has guimpe in this sense. The Eng. word corresponds in meaning nearly to F. guipure, f. guiper to ‘whip’ or wrap (a cord, etc.) with thread or silk.]
1. Silk, worsted, or cotton twist with a cord or wire running through it. Now chiefly applied to a kind of trimming made of this (see quot. 1882); sometimes covered with beads or spangles.
1664J. Wilson Cheats ii. iv, I have three or four as rich Suits, for Flanders Lace, Gimp, and Embroidery, as any in the Town. a1704Compl. Servant-Maid (ed. 7) 63 Open it betwixt the gimp or over-cast, likewise into every Ilit-hole. a1717Parnell Elegy to an old Beauty 62 Unmov'd by Tongues, and Sights he walk'd the place, Thro' Tape, Toys, Tinsel, Gimp, Perfume, and Lace. c1800E. C. Knight Autobiog. I. 121 To another lady I was in the habit of writing in the millinery style giving descriptions of gimps and ribands. 1874T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. xxiv. 271 The military man's spur had become entangled in the gimp which decorated the skirt of her dress. 1881Young Ev. Man his own Mechanic §798 The kneeling stool may be finished with fringe or gimp round the edge. 1882Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlework, Gimp or Gymp, an openwork trimming, used on both dress and furniture, and in coach lace making. It is made of silk, worsted, or cotton twist, having a cord or a wire running through it. The strands are plaited or twisted, so as to form a pattern.
2. A fishing-line composed of silk, etc., bound with wire to strengthen it.
1827Blackw. Mag. XXI. 819 Pass your gymp in at the fish's mouth. 1867F. Francis Angling xiv. (1880) 508 Bright brass gimp is very easily seen by the fish. 1873G. C. Davies Mount. & Mere xxiii. 199 The brass wire of the ordinary gorge hook is cut away, and the gimp fastened to the thickest part or shoulder of the lead.
3. In Lace-making: The coarser thread which forms the outline of the design (see quot. 1882).
1839Penny Cycl. XIII. 264 [The pattern of lace depends] partly upon the introduction of a thicker thread, called gymp, which is used for the formation of figures, flowers, and other ornaments. 1882Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlework, Gimp..is the shiny, or coarse glazed thread used in Honiton and other Pillow Laces, to mark out and slightly raise certain edges of the design, as a substitute for Raised Work.
4. attrib., as gimp cord, gimp lace, gimp-machine, gimp-maker, gimp manufacturer, gimp nail, gimp pin, gimp-work; † also quasi-adj. = ‘trimmed with gimp’, as gimp petticoat.
1874T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. xxiv. 271 The rowel of the spur had..wound itself among the *gimp cords [of a lady's dress].
1661Pepys Diary 9 June, My wife put on her black silk gowne, which is now laced all over with black *gimp lace, as the fashion is.
1875Knight Dict. Mech., *Gimp-machine, a narrow-ware loom having devices at the edge of the warp to catch the woof and form loops or patterns, the gimp cords of various sizes being carried by independent shuttles or needles.
1892Daily News 16 Apr. 6/3 The daughter of a *gimp-maker.
1851in Illustr. Lond. News (1854) 5 Aug. 118 *Gimp manufacturer.
1875Knight Dict. Mech., *Gimp nail, a small forged nail with a rounded head, used by upholsterers.
1673Dryden Marr. à la Mode iii. i, Take my *Guimp Petticoat for that truth.
1882Worc. Exhib. Catal. III. 51 *Gimp pins. 1755*Gimp-work [see gimp v.2].
▪ II. gimp, n.2|gɪmp|
[a. F. guimpe, repr. OF. guimple, wimple.]
A neckerchief or stomacher (worn by a nun).
1747Gentl. Mag. 571/1 Sisters in grey..with swarms of idle drabs and wenches in gimps, [Guimps, a nun's neck-kerchief] dispersed all over the kingdom. 1847Faber Life St. Rose of Lima 152 To prevent them from cutting her habit, her veil, and her gimp.
▪ III. gimp, n.3 slang.|gɪmp|
[Origin uncertain.]
Courage, ‘guts’; ‘stuffing’ (stuffing vbl. n. 2 d).
1901Munsey's Mag. XXIV. 567/2 Sort of took the gimp out of you, didn't it? 1906E. Dyson Fact'ry 'Ands xiii. 164 Ther wearer wouldn't have sufficient gimp t' get up off er tack. 1962J. Potts Evil Wish xii. 159 She didn't even have the gimp to make the break herself.
▪ IV. gimp, n.4 slang (orig. U.S.).|gɪmp|
[Origin uncertain; perh. a corruption of gammy a. 3.]
A cripple; a lame person or leg; a limp. Also as v., to limp, hobble (1961 in Webster). So ˈgimpy n., a cripple; adj., lame, crippled.
1925Flynn's 31 Jan. 306/2 Gimp, a lame leg. 1925G. H. Mullin Adv. Scholar Tramp xiii. 194 On the Road a lame man is a gimpy. 1929New Yorker 9 Feb. 38/1 Eat-'em-up Jack McManus would never hit a cripple. He'd just kick a gimp in the good leg and leave him lay. 1931G. Irwin Amer. Tramp & Underworld Slang 85 Gimpy, lame; crippled. 1931D. Runyon Guys & Dolls (1932) viii. 160 She walks with a gimp in one leg, which is why she is called Madame la Gimp. 1965J. Philips Twisted People iv. 77 Now I know you've got a gimpy leg. 1969P. Craig Gate of Ivory (1970) xii. 161, I gimped back on deck.
▪ V. gimp, n.5 slang and derogatory (orig. U.S.).
Brit. |gɪmp|, U.S. |gɪmp|
[Origin uncertain. Perhaps > n.4]
A stupid or contemptible person. Cf. gink n.
1924B. Hecht & M. Bodenheim Cutie iii. 22 A gimp like you takes my appetite away for a week. 1945S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. 130 Fools of one kind and another have carved a considerable niche for themselves in Australian speech..: lardhead, loop..gazob, gimp and gup. 1971H. S. Thompson Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas viii, in Rolling Stone 11 Nov. 44/3 Ignore that nightmare in the bathroom. Just another ugly refugee from the Love Generation, some doom-struck gimp who couldn't handle the pressure. 1993Radio Times 13 Feb. 9/3 [He is] a complete gimp. He's quite well-intentioned but manages to irritate everyone around him. 2001Washington Times (Nexis) 3 June c13 How are we supposed to conduct any sporting events with all of the gimps, wimps, and simpletons undermining everything.
▪ VI. gimp, v.1 rare in literary use; colloq. in north. and midl. districts.|dʒɪmp|
[Of obscure origin; the mod. Dicts. erroneously assign to it the pronunciation (gɪmp), and confuse it with next.]
trans. To give a scalloped or indented outline to.
1697A. de la Pryme Diary (Surtees) 152 [A] woman's bust with the aforesaid strang head-dress on onely a little more waved and gimp'd. 1756Cowper in Connoisseur No. 134 ⁋7 A Trolloppe or Slammerkin, with treble ruffles to the cuffs, pinked and gymped. 1846Worcester, Gimp, to jag; to indent; to denticulate. 1878Thompson's Gardener's Assistant 705 Leaves narrow, beautifully gimped along the margins.
▪ VII. gimp, v.2|gɪmp|
[f. gimp n.1]
1. trans. To trim with gimp.
1755Scott Bailey's Dict., Gimp, to make gimp-work, or to work in gimp. 1881M. E. Braddon Asph. II. 232 Every one of the dresses is..festooned and fringed and gimped.
2. To ‘whip’ or twine (wire, or the like) into a plait or twist of some softer material.
1885W. L. Carpenter Soap & Candles 275 The candles were made self-snuffing, by means of plaiting the wick, and ‘gimping’ strings of wire, or other fibrous material, into the plaits, with the object of bending the wick outwards, so that the end of it should reach the oxidizing part of the flame, and thus be destroyed.
▪ VIII. gimp
see jimp a. |