“Well, ‘ toves ’ are something like badgers⁠—they’re something like lizards⁠—and they’re something like corkscrews.”

“They must be very curious looking creatures.”

“They are that,” said Humpty Dumpty: “also they make their nests under sundials⁠—also they live on cheese.”

“And what’s the ‘ gyre ’ and to ‘ gimble ’?”

“To ‘ gyre ’ is to go round and round like a gyroscope. To ‘ gimble ’ is to make holes like a gimlet.”