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Thimblefuls :: Thimblefuls (pl. ) of Thimblefu.

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

Thimblerigger :: Thimblerigger (n.) One who cheats by thimblerigging, or tricks of legerdemain..

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..

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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.

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.) 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..

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

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.

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