thimblerigging

& s. A. As adj .: Practicing the tricks of a thimblerigger. B. As subst .: The acts or tricks of a thimblerigger. thimble-skein, s. Vehicles: A sleeve over the arm of a wagon-axle; distinguished from a strap-skein, which is simply a flat iron strip let into the wood of the axle-arm to take the wear from the wood. thimble-weed, s. Bot.: The genus Rudbeckia; so named from the shape of the receptacle.