Definition of thimble

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Thimble (n.) A kind of cap or cover, or sometimes a broad ring, for the end of the finger, used in sewing to protect the finger when pushing the needle through the material. It is usually made of metal, and has upon the outer surface numerous small pits to catch the head of the needle..

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Thimbleweed :: Thimbleweed (n.) Any plant of the composite genus Rudbeckia, coarse herbs somewhat resembling the sunflower; -- so called from their conical receptacles..
Thimbleberry :: Thimbleberry (n.) A kind of black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis), common in America..
Stirt :: Stirrup (v. i.) A rope secured to a yard, with a thimble in its lower end for supporting a footrope..
Thimble :: Thimble (n.) A kind of cap or cover, or sometimes a broad ring, for the end of the finger, used in sewing to protect the finger when pushing the needle through the material. It is usually made of metal, and has upon the outer surface numerous small pits to catch the head of the needle..
Thimblefuls :: Thimblefuls (pl. ) of Thimblefu.
Lady''s Thimble :: Lady's thimble () The harebell.
Thimbleful :: Thimbleful (n.) As much as a thimble will hold; a very small quantity.
Thimblerigging :: Thimblerigging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thimbleri.
Cringle :: Cringle (n.) An iron or pope thimble or grommet worked into or attached to the edges and corners of a sail; -- usually in the plural. The cringles are used for making fast the bowline bridles, earings, etc..
Lizard :: Lizard (n.) A piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends.
Thimbleeye :: Thimbleeye (n.) The chub mackerel. See under Chub.
Thimble :: Thimble (n.) A tubular piece, generally a strut, through which a bolt or pin passes..
Thimble :: Thimble (n.) Any thimble-shaped appendage or fixure.
Unreeve :: Unreeve (v. t.) To withdraw, or take out, as a rope from a block, thimble, or the like..
Thimblerig :: Thimblerig (n.) A sleight-of-hand trick played with three small cups, shaped like thimbles, and a small ball or little pea..
Sleeve :: Sleeve (n.) A long bushing or thimble, as in the nave of a wheel..
Thimblerigged :: Thimblerigged (imp. & p. p.) of Thimbleri.
Thimble :: Thimble (n.) A fixed or movable ring, tube, or lining placed in a hole..
Thimblerigger :: Thimblerigger (n.) One who cheats by thimblerigging, or tricks of legerdemain..
Thimblerig :: Thimblerig (v. t.) To swindle by means of small cups or thimbles, and a pea or small ball placed under one of them and quickly shifted to another, the victim laying a wager that he knows under which cup it is; hence, to cheat by any trick..
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