thimble

Bushing Bush"ing, n. [See 4th {Bush}.] 1. The operation of fitting bushes, or linings, into holes or places where wear is to be received, or friction diminished, as pivot holes, etc. [1913 Webster]

2. (Mech.) A bush or lining; -- sometimes called a {thimble}. See 4th {Bush}. [1913 Webster]


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  • thimble — noun 1) наперсток 2) наконечник; tech. муфта, втулка 3) naut. коуш… (Англо-русский словарь Мюллера)
  • thimble — 1> наперсток (тж. tailor's thimble) _Ex: hut the thimble "спрячь наперсток" (игра) 2> наконечник 3> _тех. муфта, втулка, гильза 4> _эл. кабельный наконечник 5> _мор. коуш 6> в грам. знач. гл.: пользоваться наперстком;… (Новый большой англо-русский словарь)
  • Thimble — __NOTOC__A thimble is a protective shield wor o the figer or thumb geerally wor durig sewig.The earliest kow thimble was Roma ad foud at Pompeii. Made of broze, it has bee dated to the first cetury AD. A Roma thimble was also… (Wikipedia)
  • Thimble Islands — Ifobox Islads ame The Thimbles 190px image captio Map of Thimble Islads locator Locatio map Coecticut lat 41.264444 log -72.753056 map_custom yes locatio Braford, Coecticut coordiates coord 41 15 52 N 72 45 11 W…
  • Hunt the Thimble — Hut the Thimble (also kow as Hide the Thimble) is a party game i which all but oe partygoer leaves the room. The perso remaiig i the room hides a thimble, or other small object, somewhere i the room. Whe everyoe comes back i, they…
  • Thimble press — The Thimble Press was a eighteeth cetury pritig device thought to be iveted by Jefferso Hume, a relatively ukow Scottish egieer. Resemblig a thimble i shape, the metal cotaier was wor over a figer ad used to imprit orate…
  • Thimble Summer — Ifobox Book ame Thimble Summer title_orig traslator image_captio author Elizabeth Eright illustrator cover_artist coutry Uited States laguage Eglish series gere Childre's ovel publisher Farrar & Riehart release_date 1938…
  • Thimble Tickle Bay — is a bay on the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.In 1878 the largest known specimen of the Atlantic Giant squid was found dead on the beach with a length of just over 55 feet. …