英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
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Thigh
(n.)
The coxa, or femur, of an insect.
Thilk
(pron.)
That same; this; that.
Thill
(n.)
One of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a
vehicle, between which a horse is hitched; a shaft.
Thill
(n.)
The floor of a coal mine.
Thiller
(n.)
The horse which goes between the thills, or shafts, and
supports them; also, the last horse in a team; -- called also thill
horse.
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.
Thimble
(n.)
Any thimble-shaped appendage or fixure.
Thimble
(n.)
A tubular piece, generally a strut, through which a bolt
or pin passes.
Thimble
(n.)
A fixed or movable ring, tube, or lining placed in a hole.
Thimble
(n.)
A tubular cone for expanding a flue; -- called ferrule in
England.
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.
Thimbleberry
(n.)
A kind of black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis),
common in America.
Thimbleeye
(n.)
The chub mackerel. See under Chub.
Thimbleful
(n.)
As much as a thimble will hold; a very small quantity.
Thimblefuls
(pl. )
of Thimbleful
Thimblerig
(n.)
A sleight-of-hand trick played with three small cups,
shaped like thimbles, and a small ball or little pea.
Thimblerig
(v. t.)
To swindle by means of small cups or thimbles, and a
pea or small ball placed under one of them and quickly shifted to
another, the victim laying a wager that he knows under which cup it is;
hence, to cheat by any trick.
Thimblerigged
(imp. & p. p.)
of Thimblerig
Thimblerigger
(n.)
One who cheats by thimblerigging, or tricks of
legerdemain.
Thimblerigging
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Thimblerig