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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..

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..

Skein :: Skein (n.) A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.

Sleeve :: Sleeve (n.) A long bushing or thimble, as in the nave of a wheel..

Thimblerigging :: Thimblerigging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thimbleri.

Thimble :: Thimble (n.) A tubular cone for expanding a flue; -- called ferrule in England.

Bushing :: Bushing (n.) A bush or lining; -- sometimes called a thimble. See 4th Bush.

Thimblerigger :: Thimblerigger (n.) One who cheats by thimblerigging, or tricks of legerdemain..

Thimblerigged :: Thimblerigged (imp. & p. p.) of Thimbleri.

Thimble :: Thimble (n.) A tubular piece, generally a strut, through which a bolt or pin passes..

Lady''s Thimble :: Lady's thimble () The harebell.

Stirt :: Stirrup (v. i.) A rope secured to a yard, with a thimble in its lower end for supporting a footrope..

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.) A fixed or movable ring, tube, or lining placed in a hole..

Reeve :: Reeve (v. t.) To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like..

Thimbleful :: Thimbleful (n.) As much as a thimble will hold; a very small quantity.

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..

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..

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