Definition of thimble

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

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Thimblerigging :: Thimblerigging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thimbleri.
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.
Thimbleeye :: Thimbleeye (n.) The chub mackerel. See under Chub.
Thimbleberry :: Thimbleberry (n.) A kind of black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis), common in America..
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..
Raspberry :: Raspberry (n.) The thimble-shaped fruit of the Rubus Idaeus and other similar brambles; as, the black, the red, and the white raspberry..
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..
Unreeve :: Unreeve (v. t.) To withdraw, or take out, as a rope from a block, thimble, or the like..
Skein :: Skein (n.) A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.
Thimblerig :: Thimblerig (n.) A sleight-of-hand trick played with three small cups, shaped like thimbles, and a small ball or little pea..
Thimbleful :: Thimbleful (n.) As much as a thimble will hold; a very small quantity.
Thimbleweed :: Thimbleweed (n.) Any plant of the composite genus Rudbeckia, coarse herbs somewhat resembling the sunflower; -- so called from their conical receptacles..
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 tubular cone for expanding a flue; -- called ferrule in England.
Lady''s Thimble :: Lady's thimble () The harebell.
Sleeve :: Sleeve (n.) A long bushing or thimble, as in the nave of a wheel..
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..
Bushing :: Bushing (n.) A bush or lining; -- sometimes called a thimble. See 4th Bush.
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