thimble weed

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• Thimble

  ·noun Any thimble-shaped appendage or fixure. II. Thimble ·noun A fixed or movable ring, tube, or l...

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• thimble

  A watch. The swell flashes a rum thimble; the gentleman sports a fine watch. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• thimble

  An iron ring with a concave outer surface to contain snugly in the cavity a rope, which is spliced a...

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• Weed

  ·noun Tobacco, or a cigar. II. Weed ·noun Underbrush; low shrubs. III. Weed ·noun An animal unfit ...

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• to weed

  To take a part. The kiddey weeded the swell's screens; the youth took some of the gentleman's bank n...

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• weed

  A common term for tobacco; as, 'Do you use the weed? meaning, 'Do you chew tobacco?' Those who were...

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• Lady's thimble

  ·- The <<Harebell>>. ...

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• thimble berry

  The Black Raspberry, so called by many. ...

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• thimble-eyes

  Are thimble-shaped apertures in iron-plates where sheaves are not required; frequently used instead ...

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• Bishop's-weed

  ·noun Goutweed (Aegopodium podagraria). II. Bishop's-weed ·noun An umbelliferous plant of the genus...

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• Jamestown weed

  ·- The poisonous thorn apple or stramonium (Datura stramonium), a rank weed early noticed at Jamesto...

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• Jimson weed

  ·- ·see Jamestown weed. ...

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• Orchilla weed

  ·- The lichen from which archil is obtained. ·see <<Archil>>. ...

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• Willow-weed

  ·noun Any kind of Polygonum with willowlike foliage. II. Willow-weed ·noun A European species of lo...

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• Yaw-weed

  ·noun A low, shrubby, rubiaceous plant (Morinda Royoc) growing along the seacoast of the West Indies...

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• neck weed

  Hemp. ...

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• sot weed

  Tobacco. ...

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• cape weed

  n. In Europe, Roccellatinctoria, a lichen from the Cape de Verde Islands, fromwhich a dye is produc...

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• sida-weed

  n. i.q. Queensland Hemp.See Hemp. ...

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• sneeze-weed

  Myriogyne minuta, Less., Cotula or Centipeda cunninghamii, De C.,and many other botanical synonyms. ...

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• bugle-weed

  (Lycopus Virginicus.) A plant which has much reputation for its medicinal properties. It is also kno...

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• carpet weed

  A small spreading plant, common in cultivated ground (molugo).--Bigelow's Plants of Boston. ...

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• poke-weed

  POKE (Lat. phytolacca.) A common plant, known also by the names of Garget, Cocum, Jalap, &c. It is ...

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• squaw-weed

  (Lat. senecio obovatus.) A medicinal plant used for diseases of the skin. ...

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• ore-weed

  sea-weed, or sea-wrac, used for manuring land. S. and W. ...

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• gulf-weed

  The Fucus natans, considered to belong to the Gulf Stream, and found floating in the Sargasso Sea in...

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• weed, to

  To clear the rigging of stops, rope-yarns, and pieces of oakum. ...

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• dog-bitch-thimble

  An excellent contrivance by which the topsail-sheet-block is prevented making the half cant or turn ...

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• Joe-Pye weed

  ·- A tall composite plant of the genus Eupatorium (E. purpureum), with purplish flowers, and whorled...

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• knight of the thimble

  A taylor or stay-maker. ...

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