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

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.

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

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

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..

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

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..

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..

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

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 piece, generally a strut, through which a bolt or pin passes..

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..

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

Thimblefuls :: Thimblefuls (pl. ) of Thimblefu.

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

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 tubular cone for expanding a flue; -- called ferrule in England.

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