n. [ OE. thimbil, AS. &unr_;&unr_;mel, fr. &unr_;&unr_;ma a thumb. √56. See Thumb. ]
n. (Bot.) A kind of black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis), common in America. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) The chub mackerel. See under Chub. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
For a thimbleful of golf, a thimbleful of love. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A sleight-of-hand trick played with three small cups, shaped like thimbles, and a small ball or little pea. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. One who cheats by thimblerigging, or tricks of legerdemain. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) Any plant of the composite genus