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

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

Unreeve :: Unreeve (v. t.) To withdraw, or take out, as a rope from a block, thimble, or the like..

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

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..

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

Thimblefuls :: Thimblefuls (pl. ) of Thimblefu.

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

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.

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