Definition of thimble

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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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Lizard :: Lizard (n.) A piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends.
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..
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..
Thimbleful :: Thimbleful (n.) As much as a thimble will hold; a very small quantity.
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..
Thimblerigger :: Thimblerigger (n.) One who cheats by thimblerigging, or tricks of legerdemain..
Clue :: Clue (n.) A loop and thimbles at the corner of a sail.
Lady''s Thimble :: Lady's thimble () The harebell.
Thimblerigged :: Thimblerigged (imp. & p. p.) of Thimbleri.
Raspberry :: Raspberry (n.) The thimble-shaped fruit of the Rubus Idaeus and other similar brambles; as, the black, the red, and the white raspberry..
Thimblerig :: Thimblerig (n.) A sleight-of-hand trick played with three small cups, shaped like thimbles, and a small ball or little pea..
Thimble :: Thimble (n.) A tubular cone for expanding a flue; -- called ferrule in England.
Thimblerigging :: Thimblerigging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thimbleri.
Unreeve :: Unreeve (v. t.) To withdraw, or take out, as a rope from a block, thimble, or the like..
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..
Thimbleeye :: Thimbleeye (n.) The chub mackerel. See under Chub.
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..
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.
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