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

Thimbleweed :: Thimbleweed (n.) Any plant of the composite genus Rudbeckia, coarse herbs somewhat resembling the sunflower; -- so called from their conical receptacles..

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

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

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

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

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

Thimbleeye :: Thimbleeye (n.) The chub mackerel. See under Chub.

Thimblefuls :: Thimblefuls (pl. ) of Thimblefu.

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

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..

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.

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..

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

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

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..

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

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

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