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单词 thimble
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thimblen.

/ˈθɪmb(ə)l/
Forms: α. Old English þýmel, Middle English–1500s thymelle, thymyl(le, thymle, themel, themelle, themyl(le, (Middle English thomelle, timmele), 1800s dialect thimmel. β. Middle English thymbyl(l, thomble, 1500s thymble, thymbel(l, thymbil(l, thumble, ( tymble), 1500s–1600s thimbell, 1500s– thimble.
Etymology: Old English þýmel , < þúma thumb n. + -el, -le suffix, suffix forming names of instruments: compare handle. The later English form has developed a b after m, as in humble, nimble, etc. Old Norse, þumall meant the thumb of a glove; perhaps a leather thumbstall was the earliest form of thimble; metal thimbles were apparently introduced in the 17th cent.
†1. A sheath or covering for the thumb or finger; a fingerstall. Obsolete. (Only Old English.)
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c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 150 Wyrc þonne þymel to.
2.
a. A bell-shaped sheath of metal (formerly of leather) worn on the end of the finger to push the needle in sewing. tailor's, upholsterer's, etc. thimble, a similar metal sheath open at both ends; sail-maker's thimble = palm n.2 1b knight of the thimble, a tailor: see knight n. Phrases 3b.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > equipment for > thimble
thimble14..
fingerling1580
finger shield1796
α.
14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 578/29 Digitale, a themyl.
c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 682 Look whedir In þis purs þer be any croyse or crouche, Sauf nedel and þrede, & themel [MS. Reg. thymelle] of leþer.
1483 Cath. Angl. 383/1 A Themelle (A. Thymbylle, Thymle).
1488 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 80 A thing of gold with a top like a timmele.
1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 396 With elwand, scheir and thymmill.
β. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 491/1 Thymbyl, theca,..digita.c1500 Debate Carpenter's Tools in Rev. Eng. Stud. (1987) 38 456 ‘Ȝis, ȝis,’ seyd þe wymbyll, ‘I ame als rounde as a thymbyll.’1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 280/2 Thymble to sowe with, deyl.1591 J. Florio Second Frutes 5 I haue neither needle, thred, nor thimble.1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 5 The Common Fly..her eyes are..most neatly dimpled with innumerable little cavities like a small grater or thimble.1700 W. Congreve Way of World iii. i. 33 Hast thou ne'er a Brass-Thimble clinking in thy Pocket?1793 Girlhood M. J. Holroyd (1896) 253 I have worked with my Thimble, and like it extremely.1812 Sporting Mag. 39 139 A gallant knight of the thimble.1841 T. Moore Young Jessica i The safest shield against the darts Of Cupid, is Minerva's thimble.
b. Thimble and Bodkin Army (English History): a nickname of the Parliamentary Army of the Civil War: see quots.
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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > [noun] > British army > in specific time or place
Thimble and Bodkin Army1647
New Model Army1845
New Army1914
B.A.O.R.1945
1647 T. May Hist. Parl. ii. vi. 97 The poorer sort, like that Widow in the Gospel, presented their Mites also; insomuch that it was a common Jeer of men disaffected to the Cause, to call it the Thimble- and Bodkin-Army.
1884 S. Dowell Hist. Taxation in Eng. II. i. i. 3 On the parliamentary side the subscriptions of silver offerings included even such little personal articles as those that suggested the term, the ‘Thimble and Bodkin’ army.
c. A thimble or similar article as used by a thimblerigger: see thimblerig n. 1.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > sleight-of-hand games > [noun] > equipment
thimble1716
1716 J. Gay Trivia ii. 31 Nor try the Thimble's Cheats.
1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. ii. iii. 152 A person travelling to a neighbouring Fair with the Thimble and Button. View more context for this quotation
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby l. 493 Gathered round a pea and thimble table.
1909 Q. Rev. July 173 A conjuror..astonishing a simple audience with the pea-and-thimble trick.
3. The ring or socket in the heel of a gate which turns on the hook or pin in the gatepost. local.
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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > gate > hinges, hooks, etc.
crookc1290
resta1522
vardle1525
thimble1550
fimble1597
vartiwell1763
1550 Hawkhurst Ch. Acc. in Archaeologia Cantiana (1863) 5 64 For a thymble to the churche gate ijd.
1627 Accts. St. John's Hosp., Canterbury (Canterbury Cathedral Archives: CCA-U13/5) For ij thimbles for the beane garden gate xvj d.
1804 Trans. Soc. Arts 22 83 The upper thimble should be fixed..nearer the farther side of the heel of the gate than the lower thimble.
1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.)
4. Nautical. A broad ring of metal, having a concave outer surface, around which the end of a rope is spliced, so that the thimble forms an eye to the rope.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > metal ring lining rope ring
thimble1711
1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 132 Thimbles, large..34. Ordinary..118.
1775 N. D. Falck Philos. Diss. Diving Vessel 50 Each cable has a large thimble spliced in at one end, through which each alternate cable is reeved.
1860 Merc. M. Mag. VII. 113 A leach-line is..carried through thimbles.
5. In various technical applications.
a. Mechanics. A ring, tube, or similar part, e.g. a sleeve, bushing, ferrule, etc.; often in combination, as thimble-coupling, thimble-joint, etc.: see 9.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > [noun] > part of > housing
thimble1789
transfer case1923
1789 Trans. Soc. Arts 7 179 Thimbles made of wire, twisted in the slit of the harpoon.
1831 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal I. 184 Fitting into the holes bushes or thimbles to give them the greater strength.
1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Thimble... 3. (Machinery.) a. A sleeve or tube through which a bolt passes, and which may act as a stay. b. A ferrule to expand a tube; specifically, a ferrule for boiler-tubes. 4. A sleeve around a stove-pipe when it passes through a wall or ceiling.
1881 W. W. Greener Gun & its Devel. 84 The charge is put in a small steel thimble.
b. The outer casing of a rifle-ball.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shell > bullet > outer casing
thimblec1860
jacket1889
full-metal-jacket1913
c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 11 The thimble expands and rifles the ball.
1900 Brit. Med. Jrnl. No. 2053. 1156 The thimble or shell of the Mauser and Lee-Metford.
1900 Brit. Med. Jrnl. No. 2053. 1156 The core is of hardened lead, and the thimble composed of copper and nickel.
c. Pottery: A rest for placing the ware during glost-firing.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > pottery manufacturing equipment > [noun] > for supporting during firing
plancha1544
parting shard1686
bat1825
stilt1825
spur1833
setter1853
slug1880
thimble1901
society > occupation and work > equipment > other specific types of equipment > [noun] > other tools and equipment
pollhache1324
poleaxe1356
muckrake1366
pestlea1382
botea1450
staff1459
press-board1558
reel1593
water crane1658
lathekin1659
tower1662
dressing hook1683
liner1683
hovel1686
flax-brake1688
nipper1688
horse1728
tap1797
feather-stick1824
bow1839
safety belt1840
economizer1841
throttle damper1849
cleat1854
leg brace1857
bark-peeler1862
pugging screw1862
nail driver1863
spool1864
turntable1865
ovate1872
tension bar1879
icebreaker1881
spreader1881
toucher1881
window pole1888
mushroom head1890
rat1894
slackline1896
auger1897
latch hook1900
thimble1901
horse1904
pipe jack1909
mulcher1910
hand plate1911
splashguard1917
cheese-cutter1927
airbrasive1945
impactor1945
fogger1946
1901 [see thimble-belt n. at Compounds 2].
1910 Rep. Lead Comm. (Parl. Pap. Eng.) Placing the ware on rests with pointed projections..‘Thimbles’ similar in shape to a sewing thimble,..provided with a single horn.
d. Dentistry: see quot.
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the world > health and disease > healing > dentistry > [noun] > other dental equipment
explorer1844
plate1845
rose head1847
plugging forceps1861
plugger1862
rubber dam1865
finger mirror1867
nerve instrument1867
hoe1875
saliva extractor1877
thimble1877
finger-tray1878
scaler1881
matrix1883
saliva ejectora1884
sickle scaler1930
1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 2554/1 The extension thimble of the dentist is a prong on the end of the thimble, used to reach into the mouth to hold the foil or a compress, while operating on the teeth.
e. A cone of fat-free paper used in a fat-extraction apparatus.
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1901 Jrnl. Exper. Med. 25 Mar. 515 This residue was then ground up with sand, placed in a fat-extraction thimble and extracted again.
f. = thimble-rubber n. at Compounds 2.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > rubber > [noun] > from specific trees or places
hule1846
seringa1847
jintawan1851
Para rubber1857
biscuit1869
Honduras rubber1870
thimble-rubber1881
Para1897
caucho1899
thimble1909
1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Thimble,..pl., a tradename for crude india-rubber from the lower Kongo and Loanda in small balls of a gray color, darker outside.
g. See quot.
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?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens iii. sig. Liij Thyrdly a seame incarnatyfe is made with egal themylls made of towe well wrythen & sklenderly.
6. Applied (usually in plural) to certain flowers and plants, or parts of them, e.g. (a) the Foxglove, also known as Fairy or Witches' Thimbles; (b) the Sea Campion; (c) the Harebell; (d) the cup of an acorn. See also lady's thimble n. at lady n. Compounds 3c.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > oak and allies > [noun] > acorn or cup of an acorn
acorneOE
acorn cup1544
gland1631
pignut1711
wrapper1718
thimble1873
1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country i. 11 Nor its fine thimble fits the acorn-top.
1878 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names Fairy Thimbles, Digitalis purpurea.
1881 J. A. Sidey in D. H. Edwards Mod. Sc. Poets 396 Whaur the witch thummles bloom.
1886 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names Thimble, (1) Digitalis purpurea..(2) Silene maritima.
1894 Daily News 28 Apr. 6/5 The tall foxglove, with its graduated ‘thimbles’.
7. Thieves' slang. A watch.
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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun]
clock1559
pocket watch?1576
watch1590
munter1594
tattler1688
loge1699
yack1789
thimble1819
ticker1821
toy1826
super1857
kettle1889
1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 218 Thimble, a watch.
1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood II. iii. v. 346 My thimble of ridge.
1901 W. S. Walker In the Blood xiii. 138 Silver money, and a watch and chain, or, in thieves' language, ‘white-lot’ and ‘thimble and slang’.
8. = thimbleful n.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount
speckc725
littleOE
somethingc1200
lutewihtc1230
little whatc1384
ouncec1387
lap1393
smalla1400
modicumc1400
nekedc1400
spota1413
tinec1420
nieveful?a1425
handfulc1443
mouthful?c1450
smatchc1456
weec1480
quern1503
halfpennyworth1533
groatsworth1562
dram1566
shellful1578
trickle1580
snatch1592
sprinkling1594
fleck1598
snip1598
pittance1600
lick1603
fingerful1604
modicum1606
thimbleful1607
flash1614
dasha1616
pipa1616
pickle1629
drachm1635
cue1654
smack1693
starn1720
bit1753
kenning1787
minikin1787
tate1805
starnie1808
sprat1815
harl1821
skerrick1825
smallums1828
huckleberry1832
scrimp1840
thimble1841
smite1843
nattering1859
sensation1859
spurt1859
pauchlea1870
mention1891
sketch1894
sputterings1894
scrappet1901
titch1937
tad1940
skosh1959
smattering1973
the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills a receptacle > other vessels or receptacles
fontfulc1405
shellfulc1450
eggshell-fula1475
cruseful1561
mangerful1600
thimbleful1607
hornful1610
vatful1632
flask1730
fanful1807
urnful1820
watch-glassful1830
thimble1841
eyeful1853
vaseful1856
kettleful1862
sink1868
sinkful1873
troughful1877
tankful1887
teapotful1895
walletful1909
1841 T. Hood Tale of Trumpet i, in New Monthly Mag. May 122 [They] never swallow'd a thimble the less Of something the Reader is left to guess.
1866 H. Bushnell Vicarious Sacrifice Introd. 24 Such thimbles of meaning as can be confidently managed.
9. More generally applied attributively or as adj. to various objects considered to resemble a thimble in size or shape, esp. as thimble cup, thimble glass. Also figurative.
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the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > glass
glassc888
verrea1382
Venice glass1527
rummer1625
bottle glass1626
Malaga glassa1627
flute1649
flute-glass1668
long glass1680
mum-glass1684
toasting glass1703
wine glass1709
tulip-glass1755
tun-glass1755
water glass1779
tumbler-glass1795
Madeira glass1801
tumbling glass1803
noggin glass1805
champagne glass1815
table glass1815
balloon glass1819
copita1841
firing glass1842
nobbler1842
thimble glass1843
wine1848
liqueur-glass1850
straw-stem1853
pokal1854
goblet1856
mousseline1862
pony glass1862
long-sleever1872
cocktail glass1873
champagne flute1882
yard-glass1882
sleever1896
tea-glass1898
liqueur1907
dock-glass1911
toast-master glass1916
Waterford1916
stem-glass1922
Pilsner glass1923
Amen glass1924
ballon1930
balloon goblet1931
thistle glass1935
snifter1937
balloon1951
shot-glass1955
handle1956
tulip1961
schooner1967
champagne fountain1973
the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > small
tass1480
cymphe1490
cannikin1509
trinket1541
tun1555
pocill1572
noggin1588
chark1591
quick shot1624
nipperkin1691
pannikin1727
tassie1790
dobbin1792
tinnie1825
tot1828
tin1900
thimble cup1933
1843 Ainsworth's Mag. 3 470 Having now taken a lump of sugar..and thrown the same into a thimble glass.
1899 H. B. Cushman Hist. Indians 501 The monotonous tinkling and rattling of the thimble bells..could be heard.
1907 G. O. Wheeler Old Eng. Furnit. xv. 390 The feet [in Sheraton's chairs] were of the thimble-toe or thermed variety.
1933 N. Waln House of Exile i. 24 Warm rice-wine, served in thimble cups.
1955 M. Allingham Beckoning Lady xi. 157 The comfortable landlady brought two thimble-glasses, frighteningly overfilled.
1962 Flight Internat. 82 354/1 The new thimble blower is believed to be the world's smallest pressure blower.
1971 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 24 Nov. 2/1 The thimble-brains who perpetrate the law-breaking know the police are so manacled.
1983 Times 16 Dec. 6/4 The thimble measure should be filled to the top.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.
a.
thimble-case n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > equipment for > thimble > case for
thimble-case1715
1715 Lady M. W. Montagu Basset-table 34 A myrtle foliage round the thimble-case.
thimble-finger n.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > finger > [noun] > middle finger
middle fingereOE
long fingerc1300
longmanc1300
midsfinger1483
mid-finger1644
thimble-finger1796
second finger1860
1796 C. Burney Mem. Life Metastasio III. 277 A whitloe in the stitching or thimble finger.
thimble-maker n.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > worthlessness > worthless person > [noun]
ribalda1250
brethelingc1275
filec1300
waynouna1350
waster1352
lorel1362
losel1362
land-leaper1377
javelc1400
leftc1400
lorerc1400
shackerellc1420
brethel1440
never-thrift1440
ne'er-thrifta1450
never-thrivinga1450
nebulona1475
breelc1485
naughty pack?1534
brathel1542
unsel155.
pelf1551
wandrel?1567
land-loper1570
scald1575
baggage1594
arrant1605
good-for-nothing1611
hilding1611
vauneant1621
idle-pack1624
thimble-maker1654
never-do-well1664
ne'er-be-good1675
shack1682
vagabond1686
shag-bag1699
houndsfoot1710
blackguard1732
ne'er-do-well1737
trumpery1738
rap1742
good-for-naught1773
rip1781
mauvais sujet1793
scamp1808
waffie1808
loose fish1809
ne'er-do-good1814
hard bargain1818
vaurien1829
sculpin1834
shicer1846
wastrel1847
scallywag1848
shack-bag1855
beat1865
rodney1877
git1939
no-hoper1944
piss artist1962
society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > worthlessness > good-for-nothing person
brethelingc1275
filec1300
dogc1330
ribald1340
waynouna1350
waster1352
lorel1362
losel1362
land-leaper1377
triflera1382
brothelc1390
javelc1400
leftc1400
lorerc1400
shackerellc1420
brethel1440
never-thrift1440
vagrant1444
ne'er-thrifta1450
never-thrivinga1450
nebulona1475
breelc1485
naughty pack?1534
brathel1542
carrion1547
slim1548
unsel155.
pelf1551
shifterc1562
rag1566
wandrel?1567
land-loper1570
nothing-worth1580
baggage1594
roly-poly1602
bash-rag1603
arrant1605
ragabash?1609
flabergullion1611
hilding1611
hard bargain1612
slubberdegullion1612
vauneant1621
knick-knacker1622
idle-pack1624
slabberdegullion1653
thimble-maker1654
whiffler1659
never-do-well1664
good-for-nought1671
ne'er-be-good1675
shack1682
vagabond1686
shabaroon1699
shag-bag1699
houndsfoot1710
ne'er-do-well1737
trumpery1738
rap1742
hallion1789
scamp1808
waffie1808
ne'er-do-good1814
vaurien1829
sculpin1834
shicer1846
good-for-nothing1847
wastrel1847
scallywag1848
shack-bag1855
beat1865
toe-rag1875
rodney1877
toe-ragger1896
low-lifer1902
punk1904
lowlife1909
ringtail1916
git1939
no-hoper1944
schlub1950
piss artist1962
dead leg1964
1654 E. Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 116 For other his undertakinges [he] is a thimble-maker.., a mere cheat that rambles up and doun, not worth on farthing.
thimble-top n.
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1879 H. Drummond in Life (1899) vii. 166 The spurts come up in little domes, some only the size of a thimble-top.
b.
thimble-crowned adj.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [adjective] > sewing > using a thimble > having or furnished with > of a finger
thimble-crowned1876
1876 H. Gardner Dream of Noon in Sunflowers 48 Then she Raising a slender finger, thimble-crowned, Beckoned him onwards.
thimble-like adj.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [adjective] > sewing > using a thimble > similar to
thimble-like1899
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 602 The minute honey-combed, thimble-like appearance of its surface.
thimble-sealed adj.
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1839 W. M. Thackeray Catherine i, in Fraser's Mag. May 612/1 The dirty scrap of paper, thimble-sealed.
thimble-shaped adj.
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1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Thimble-eyes, are thimble-shaped apertures in iron-plates where sheaves are not required; frequently used instead of dead-eyes for the top~mast-rigging, futtock-plates, and backstays in the channels.
1905 Daily News 1 Aug. 4 [A bee's] thimble-shaped cell.
thimble-sized adj.
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1895 ‘C. Holland’ My Japanese Wife (ed. 11) 121 The little silver pipe with its thimble-sized bowl.
C2.
thimble-belt n. a kind of cartridge-belt.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > cartridge-box or -pouch
bandoleer1611
cartridge1627
pouch1627
vandaliroa1660
collar1672
patrontash1685
cartouche-box1697
cartridge-box1699
cartridge-case1769
salt-box1803
cartouche1807
patron1829
thimble-belt1901
stall1906
1901 N. Amer. Rev. Feb. 231 The thimble belt, used only by the Americans, is still preferred to the cartridge pouches of the others.
thimble-berry n. the black raspberry of America, Rubus occidentalis, so called from the shape of its receptacle; any of several other North American raspberries having thimble-shaped fruit.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > raspberry > types of
thimble-berry1789
Antwerp?a1797
black cap1831
nessberry1925
1789 R. Haswell Jrnl. 16 Mar. in F. W. Howay Voy. Columbia to Northwest Coast (1941) 60 We frequently met with gooseberrys rousberrys currants blackberries strawberries and thimble berries.
1847 W. Darlington Agric. Bot. 127 Rubus occidentalis..Wild or Black Raspberry. Thimble-berry. Black Caps.
1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 282 Strawberries, raspberries, thimble-berries.
1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters i. iii. 41 A bower of green and tangled thicket..where thimble-berry played the part of our English hawthorn.
1886 Harper's Mag. July 281/2 There is another American species of raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) that is almost as dear to memory as the wild strawberry—the thimble-berry, or black-cap.
1946 T. M. Stanwell-Fletcher Driftwood Valley 219 Here the devil's-club gave way..to a dense growth of alders, azaleas, and thimbleberry.
thimble blackberry n. = thimble-berry n.
thimble-coupling n. see quot.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > shaft > [noun] > parts of > which connects two shafts
thimble-coupling1882
claw clutch1904
1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) Thimble-coupling.…In mach. a kind of permanent coupling, of which the coupling-box consists of a plain ring of metal, supposed to resemble a tailor's thimble.
thimble-grater n. a species of gastropod shell.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > member of > parts of > shell > unspecified type
thimble-grater1711
1711 J. Petiver Gazophylacii VI. Table LIV Borneo Thimble Grater... The outside is rough like a Grater, and hollow like a Cap or Thimble.
thimble-joint n. see quot.
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society > occupation and work > industry > conducting of water, etc., by channels or pipes > plumbing and pipework > [noun] > specific joints
spigot-joint1875
thimble-joint1877
welded joint1882
welted joint1888
1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Thimble-joint, a sleeve-joint, with an interior packing to keep the joints of pipes tight during expansion and contraction.
thimble lily n. a name of the Australian liliaceous plant Blandfordia nobilis, with flowers in racemes.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > lilies
lily971
lily-flower1340
martagon1440
delucea1450
red lily1531
purple lily1578
mountain lily1597
gold lily1629
Turk's cap1672
turn-cap1688
Juno's rose1706
orange lily1731
Canada lily1771
Japan lily1813
tiger-lily1824
Annunciation lily1853
Easter lily1860
golden-rayed lily1865
scarlet martagon1867
Japanese lily1870
Madonna lily1877
Bermuda lily1882
thimble lily1883
panther lily1884
triplet lily1884
turban-lily1884
Mary-lily1893
tiger1901
leopard lily1902
lilium1902
swamp lily1902
Washington lily1911
Shasta lily1915
regal lily1916
regale1920
Oregon lily1925
1883 W. R. Guilfoyle Catal. Plants Melbourne Bot. Gardens 22 Blandfordia..nobilis..Thimble Lily.
thimble-limpet n. a West Indian species of limpet, so called from its shape.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Holostomata > limpet > unspecified
thimble-limpet?1711
garnet-limpet1776
?1711 J. Petiver Gazophylacii VII.–VIII. Table 80 Barbadoes Thimble Limpet.
thimble-man n. = thimblerigger n.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > a charlatan, fraudster > [noun] > a sharper, swindler
hawk1548
huckster1556
shifterc1562
coney-catcher1591
sharker1594
shark1600
bat-fowler1602
guller1602
gull-groper1602
poop-noddy1616
int1631
shirk1639
knight of industrya1658
hockettor1672
biter1680
sharper1681
duffer1735
sharp1797
diddler1803
chevalier of industry1807
flat-catcher1821
thimble-man1830
thimblerigger1831
thimblerig1839
riggerc1840
chevalier of fortune1867
flim-flammer1881
spiv1929
sharpie1942
shrewd1954
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > sleight-of-hand games > [noun] > player
thimble-man1830
thimblerigger1831
thimblerig1839
charley-pitcher1859
shell-man1902
1830 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. Jan. 139 The army of thimble-men from Doncaster is upon you.
thimble-picker n. a young person employed in a pottery to pick from among the used thimbles (see sense 5c) those that can be used a second time: so thimble-picking.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > potter > [noun] > involved in specific process
glazer1839
slapper1860
mould-runner1863
lathe-treader1865
jollier?1881
tower1894
ground-layer1898
placer1898
lead-glazier1899
glazier1900
thimble-picker1901
jiggerer1921
1901 Scotsman 28 Mar. 9/1 Persons are returned..as thimble-pickers, without mentioning that they are directly engaged in making..earthenware.
thimble-pie n. see quots.
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society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > with thimble
thimble-pie1828
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Thimble-pie, a fillip with the thimble.
1882 T. Mozley Reminisc. Oriel II. cviii. 245 I had to sit under the lady's three-legged work table, receiving ‘thimble-pie’, that is a sharp rap with a thimble on the crown of my head.
thimble-plating n. the formation of a cylindrical boiler-shell or a flue by successive slightly overlapping rings of plate.
thimble-rubber n. see quots.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > rubber > [noun] > from specific trees or places
hule1846
seringa1847
jintawan1851
Para rubber1857
biscuit1869
Honduras rubber1870
thimble-rubber1881
Para1897
caucho1899
thimble1909
1881 Rep. Kew Gardens 39/2 W. African rubber..appears as..agglutinated masses of small cubes of which there are specimens in the Kew Museum under the name of Thimble rubber.
thimble-screwer n. Criminals' slang one who steals watches or ‘thimbles’ (sense 7); cf. screwer n. 2.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > of watches
hooker1834
watchmaker1859
thimble-screwer1862
toy getter1879
1862 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) Extra vol. 25 ‘Thimble-screwers’, those who wrench watches from their guards.
1932 H. Walpole Fortress iii. iv. 467 The perils of London—the cracksmen, the rampsmen, the snorrers and thimble-screwers.
thimble-shift n. the shifting of the pea from one thimble to another by a thimblerigger; also figurative.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun]
falsec1000
fraudc1330
barrat1340
faitery1377
defraudc1450
trumpery1481
covin1487
defraudationc1503
knavery1528
conveyance1531
imposture1537
defrauding1548
cozenage1583
impostry1585
catch-dolt1592
gullery1598
coggery1602
gullage1607
charlatism1611
impostury1615
quacksalvery1617
mountebankery1618
imposition1632
imposturisma1634
blaflum1637
charlatanry1638
defraudment1645
mountebankism1649
impostorya1652
impostorism1652
imposturage1654
impostery1656
mountebank1657
imposing1659
quackery1675
quackism1722
empiricism1774
cross1802
charlatanism1804
practitionery1818
cozenry1829
humbuggery1831
trick1833
thimble-shift1834
thimble-shifting1834
thimbleriggery1841
humbuggism1842
quackhood1843
quacksalverism1864
razzle-dazzle1928
spivery1948
shuck1958
shucking and jiving1969
1834 Hist. in Ann. Reg. 90/1 About twenty per cent. was to be deducted from the tithe-owner [etc.]. This was thimble-shift the first.
thimble-shifting n. = thimble-shift n.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun]
falsec1000
fraudc1330
barrat1340
faitery1377
defraudc1450
trumpery1481
covin1487
defraudationc1503
knavery1528
conveyance1531
imposture1537
defrauding1548
cozenage1583
impostry1585
catch-dolt1592
gullery1598
coggery1602
gullage1607
charlatism1611
impostury1615
quacksalvery1617
mountebankery1618
imposition1632
imposturisma1634
blaflum1637
charlatanry1638
defraudment1645
mountebankism1649
impostorya1652
impostorism1652
imposturage1654
impostery1656
mountebank1657
imposing1659
quackery1675
quackism1722
empiricism1774
cross1802
charlatanism1804
practitionery1818
cozenry1829
humbuggery1831
trick1833
thimble-shift1834
thimble-shifting1834
thimbleriggery1841
humbuggism1842
quackhood1843
quacksalverism1864
razzle-dazzle1928
spivery1948
shuck1958
shucking and jiving1969
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun] > action
bulling1532
cogging1570
cozening1576
coney-catching1591
fool-taking1592
gulling1600
bat-fowling1602
sharking1602
imposturing1618
mountebanking1672
shamming1677
sharping1692
fineering1765
overreachinga1774
pigeoning1808
flat-catching1821
thimble-shifting1834
thimblerigging1839
strawing1851
thimbling1857
fiddling1884
piking1884
ramping1891
1834 Stanley in Parl. Deb. 4 July 3rd Ser. 24 1154 How was this deficiency to be made good to the State? Here, then, was one instance of his right hon. friend's thimble-shifting.
thimble-skein n. a skein for an axle made in tubular form.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > parts of wheels > axle > skein for
skein1862
thimble-skein1874
1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 144/2 Arm..the axle-spindle. When of wood, it is strengthened by metallic straps called skeins, and sometimes by a conical sheath called a thimble-skein.
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thimble-surface n. Ceramics a surface of raised dots produced by closely pitting the interior of the mould.
thimble-weed n. see quot.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > composite flowers > other composite flowers
ox-eyea1400
starwort?a1450
Jupiter's beard1567
goldenrod1568
achillea1597
blue camomile1597
blue daisy1597
cineraria1597
hog's bean1597
jackanapes on horseback1597
sea-starwort1597
sultan flower1629
mouse-ear1696
aster1706
Canada goldenrod1731
ageratum1737
rudbeckia1751
coreopsis1753
melampodium1754
Aaron's rod1760
zinnia1761
Michaelmas daisy1767
China aster1785
New England aster1785
catananche1798
sea-aster1812
cosmea1813
cosmos1813
gazania1813
erigeron1815
gousblom1822
Christmas daisy1829
rhodanthe1834
tassel-flower1836
ligularia1839
old maid1839
mountain daisy1848
purple coneflower1848
acroclinium1852
sea ox-eye1856
thimble-weed1860
helipterum1862
treasure-flower1866
Swan River daisy1873
blanket flower1879
cone-flower1879
blue marguerite1882
Solidago1883
yellow-top1887
Gaillardia1888
gerbera1889
youth and old age1889
pussytoes1892
niggerhead1893
Transvaal daisy1899
Barberton daisy1906
onion grass1909
ursinia1928
Cupid's dart1930
Livingstone daisy1932
1860 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) Thimble-weed. (Rudbeckia.)..Like the Thimble-berry, its receptacle resembles a thimble.

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thimble v. (intransitive) to use a thimble, to sew.
ˈthimbling n. and adj. using a thimble in sewing; also = thimblerigging n. and adj. at thimblerig v. Derivatives.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [adjective] > sewing > using a thimble
thimbling1659
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun] > action
bulling1532
cogging1570
cozening1576
coney-catching1591
fool-taking1592
gulling1600
bat-fowling1602
sharking1602
imposturing1618
mountebanking1672
shamming1677
sharping1692
fineering1765
overreachinga1774
pigeoning1808
flat-catching1821
thimble-shifting1834
thimblerigging1839
strawing1851
thimbling1857
fiddling1884
piking1884
ramping1891
1659 H. M. Pair Spectacles for Purblind Nation 4 Cobling Hewson, Cooper, thimbling Barkstead, Bury, and the rest of their Confederates.
1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal I. 38 Pretty sempstresses, warbling melodious hymns as they sat needling and thimbling at their windows above.
1856 J. Ballantine Wee Raggit Laddie in Poems xiv Ilk thimblin' thievin' gamblin' diddler..Chase thee like fire.
1857 G. Borrow Romany Rye II. xiii. 195 If you have not sufficient capital, why do you engage in so deep a trade as thimbling?

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A printing head used in electric typewriters and computer printers, in which the type is arranged in a cup- or thimble-like shape.
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society > communication > printing > printing machine or press > parts of printers or presses > [noun] > other parts
nut1642
justifier1683
star1819
page-cord1841
joggling-table1849
spur1872
web feed1890
type-lever1908
banjo1964
thimble1979
1979 Byte May 151/1 (advt.) With more than 14 different optional printing ‘thimbles’,..there is no end to its printing capabilities.
1985 Inmac Catal. Spring 30/1 You can order top quality printwheels and thimbles from Inmac.
1987 InfoWorld 6 July 38/3 NEC originally became known as the manufacturer of the Spinwriter series, which used a thimble to compete against everybody else's daisywheel printers.

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thimble printer n. a computer printer in which the printing element is a thimble (sense Additions above).
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society > communication > printing > printing machine or press > [noun] > computer printer > types of
line-at-a-time printer1955
line printer1955
chain printer1962
laser printer1979
dot matrix1982
thermal printer1982
thimble printer1982
1982 Byte Jan. 443/2 The Graphic Printing System program for the Apple II prints high-resolution images on Diablo-formatted daisy-wheel printers and thimble printers.
1987 Computerworld 22 June s11 If you want true letter-quality text, such as that produced by a good typewriter, you will need a daisywheel printer or a thimble printer.
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