finger ring vs thimble

finger ring

noun
  • A ring (often ornamental and/or precious) designed to be worn on a finger. 

thimble

noun
  • A pitted, now usually metal, cup-shaped cap worn on the tip of a finger, which is used in sewing to push the needle through material. 

  • As much as fills a thimble (sense 1); a thimbleful. 

  • A metal ring which a cable or rope intended for attaching to other things is looped around as a protection against chafing. 

  • A thimble or similar object used in thimblerig (“a game of skill which requires the bettor to guess under which of three thimbles or small cups a pea-sized object has been placed after the person operating the game rapidly rearranges them”). 

  • A ring- or tube-shaped component such as a ferrule. 

  • A socket in machinery shaped like a thimble. 

verb
  • To sew. 

  • To use a thimble (noun sense 1). 

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