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noun

Throstle n.

(Zool.) The song thrush. See under Song.

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.)

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Etymology of 'Throstle'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Throstle" Quotes from Famous Books

... the throstle sings Amid the merry May; The throstle signs but to my ear; My heart is ...

— Harold, Complete - The Last Of The Saxon Kings • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

... clothed with verdure, And the woods grew up and flourished; Leaves on trees and grass in meadows. In the trees the birds were singing, Loudly sang the cheery throstle; In the tree-tops called ...

— Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) - The Land of the Heroes • Anonymous

... rather rare and yet they say you'll hear him there At Kew, at Kew in lilac time (and oh, so near to London!) The linnet and the throstle, too, and after dark the long halloo And golden-eyed TU-WHIT, TU WHOO of owls that ...

— Alexander's Bridge and The Barrel Organ • Willa Cather and Alfred Noyes

Words linked to "Throstle" : Turdus philomelos, spinning machine, thrush, mavis, song thrush, genus Turdus