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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Throstle \Thros"tle\, n. [OE. throsel AS [thorn]rostle,
[thorn]rosle; akin to MHG. trostel, G. drossel, Icel.
[thorn]r["o]str, Sw trast, Lith. strazdas L. turdus.
[root]238. Cf {Thrush} the bird.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) The song thrush. See under {Song}.
2. A machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove,
consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and
flyers, and differing from the mule in having the twisting
apparatus stationary and the processes continuous; -- so
called because it makes a singing noise.
{Throstle cock}, the missel thrush. [Prov. Eng.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
throstle
n 1: a spinning machine formerly used to twist and wind fibers of
cotton or wool continuously
2: common Old World thrush noted for its song [syn: {song
thrush}, {mavis}, {Turdus philomelos}]
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