Vocabulary : Thimblerigger to Thinking

Thimblerigger : One who cheats by thimblerigging, or tricks of legerdemain.
Thimblerigging : of Thimblerig
Thimbleweed : Any plant of the composite genus Rudbeckia, coarse herbs somewhat resembling the sunflower; -- so called from their conical receptacles.
Thin : Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering. ;; Rare; not dense or thick; -- applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air. ;; Not close; not crowded; not filling the space; not having the individuals of which the thing is composed in a close or compact state; hence, not abundant; as, the trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin. ;; Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness. ;; Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin by disease. ;; Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full. ;; Slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering; as, a thin disguise. ;; Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin. ;; To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective). ;; To grow or become thin; -- used with some adverbs, as out, away, etc.; as, geological strata thin
Thine : A form of the possessive case of the pronoun thou, now superseded in common discourse by your, the possessive of you, but maintaining a place in solemn discourse, in poetry, and in the usual language of the Friends, or Quakers.
Thing : Alt. of Ting ;; Whatever exists, or is conceived to exist, as a separate entity, whether animate or inanimate; any separable or distinguishable object of thought. ;; An inanimate object, in distinction from a living being; any lifeless material. ;; A transaction or occurrence; an event; a deed. ;; A portion or part; something. ;; A diminutive or slighted object; any object viewed as merely existing; -- often used in pity or contempt. ;; Clothes; furniture; appurtenances; luggage; as, to pack or store one's things. ;; Whatever may be possessed or owned; a property; -- distinguished from person. ;; In Scandinavian countries, a legislative or judicial assembly.
Think : Act of thinking; a thought. ;; To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought. ;; To employ any of the intellectual powers except that of simple perception through the senses; to exercise the higher intellectual faculties. ;; To call anything to mind; to remember; as, I would have sent the books, but I did not think of it. ;; To reflect upon any subject; to muse; to meditate; to ponder; to consider; to deliberate. ;; To form an opinion by reasoning; to judge; to conclude; to believe; as, I think it will rain to-morrow. ;; To purpose; to intend; to design; to mean. ;; To presume; to venture. ;; To conceive; to imagine. ;; To plan or design; to plot; to compass. ;; To believe; to consider; to esteem.
Thinkable : Capable of being thought or conceived; cogitable.
Thinker : One who thinks; especially and chiefly, one who thinks in a particular manner; as, a close thinker; a deep thinker; a coherent thinker.
Thinking : of Think ;; Having the faculty of thought; cogitative; capable of a regular train of ideas; as, man is a thinking being. ;; The act of thinking; mode of thinking; imagination; cogitation; judgment.
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