Definition of thimble

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Thimble (n.) Any thimble-shaped appendage or fixure.

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Thimblerig :: Thimblerig (n.) A sleight-of-hand trick played with three small cups, shaped like thimbles, and a small ball or little pea..
Clue :: Clue (n.) A loop and thimbles at the corner of a sail.
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..
Thimble :: Thimble (n.) A tubular cone for expanding a flue; -- called ferrule in England.
Thimblerigger :: Thimblerigger (n.) One who cheats by thimblerigging, or tricks of legerdemain..
Skein :: Skein (n.) A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.
Thimbleberry :: Thimbleberry (n.) A kind of black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis), common in America..
Lizard :: Lizard (n.) A piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends.
Thimblefuls :: Thimblefuls (pl. ) of Thimblefu.
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..
Thimbleweed :: Thimbleweed (n.) Any plant of the composite genus Rudbeckia, coarse herbs somewhat resembling the sunflower; -- so called from their conical receptacles..
Thimblerigging :: Thimblerigging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thimbleri.
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..
Thimble :: Thimble (n.) A tubular piece, generally a strut, through which a bolt or pin passes..
Raspberry :: Raspberry (n.) The thimble-shaped fruit of the Rubus Idaeus and other similar brambles; as, the black, the red, and the white raspberry..
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..
Thimbleeye :: Thimbleeye (n.) The chub mackerel. See under Chub.
Lady''s Thimble :: Lady's thimble () The harebell.
Bushing :: Bushing (n.) A bush or lining; -- sometimes called a thimble. See 4th Bush.
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