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throstle |
2 definitions found 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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