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

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

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..

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

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

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..

Raspberry :: Raspberry (n.) The thimble-shaped fruit of the Rubus Idaeus and other similar brambles; as, the black, the red, and the white raspberry..

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

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..

Bush :: Bush (n.) A lining for a hole to make it smaller; a thimble or ring of metal or wood inserted in a plate or other part of machinery to receive the wear of a pivot or arbor.

Thimble :: Thimble (n.) A ring of thin metal formed with a grooved circumference so as to fit within an eye-spice, or the like, and protect it from chafing..

Thimbleberry :: Thimbleberry (n.) A kind of black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis), common in America..

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

Unreeve :: Unreeve (v. t.) To withdraw, or take out, as a rope from a block, thimble, or the like..

Clue :: Clue (n.) A loop and thimbles at the corner of a sail.

Thimblefuls :: Thimblefuls (pl. ) of Thimblefu.

Thimble :: Thimble (n.) A fixed or movable ring, tube, or lining placed in a hole..

Thimblerig :: Thimblerig (n.) A sleight-of-hand trick played with three small cups, shaped like thimbles, and a small ball or little pea..

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

Lizard :: Lizard (n.) A piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends.

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