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THIMBLE, an implement for use in sewing, serving as a protective covering for the finger in pushing the needle through the material worked upon. For ordinary purposes the thimble is a bell-shaped cap reaching to the first joint and is usually worn on the middl ...

... e, by touching the socket of a jack with the tip of a peg or a special " test " thimble, to determine whether the circuit connected to the jack is in use. Both the series and the branching methods of multipling are recognized at the present time as standard me ...

... e, too, mosses and ferns grow in profusion, and the sadal (Gaultheria shallon), thimble berry (Rubus noolkamus), salmon berry (Rubus spectabilis) and devil's club (Fatsia horrida) are characteristic shrubs. In the Carolinian zone the tulip tree, sycamore, swee ...