THIMBLE
\θˈɪmbə͡l], \θˈɪmbəl], \θ_ˈɪ_m_b_əl]\
Definitions of THIMBLE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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Any thimble-shaped appendage or fixure.
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A tubular piece, generally a strut, through which a bolt or pin passes.
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A fixed or movable ring, tube, or lining placed in a hole.
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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.
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A tubular cone for expanding a flue; - called ferrule in England.
By Oddity Software
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Any thimble-shaped appendage or fixure.
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A tubular piece, generally a strut, through which a bolt or pin passes.
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A fixed or movable ring, tube, or lining placed in a hole.
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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.
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A tubular cone for expanding a flue; - called ferrule in England.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A kind of cap or cover for the finger, usually made of metal, used by tailors and seamstresses for driving the needle through cloth; anything in the form of a thimble; an iron ring with a hollow or groove round its whole circumference, to receive the rope which is spliced about it.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A metal cap or cover put on the fore part of the second finger of the right hand, used in sewing for driving the needle through the cloth; among seamen, an iron ring with a groove around it to receive a rope.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. A kind of metallic cap or cover, or sometimes a ring for the finger, used in sewing to protect the finger from the needle ;-any thimble shaped appendage or fixture;- an iron ring with a groove round its circumference to receive the rope which is spliced about it.
