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throstle
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun throstle has 2 senses
- throstle(n = noun.artifact) Array - a spinning machine formerly used to twist and wind fibers of cotton or wool continuously; Array is a kind of spinning machine
- throstle(n = noun.animal) mavis, song thrush, turdus philomelos - common Old World thrush noted for its song; Array is a kind of thrush
is a member of genus turdus, turdus
CIDE DICTIONARY
throstle, n. [OE. throsel, AS. , ; akin to MHG. trostel, G. drossel, Icel. , Sw. trast, Lith. strazdas, L. turdus. √238. Cf. Thrush the bird.].
- The song thrush. See under Song. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
throstle, n.
1 a song thrush.
2 (in full throstle-frame) a machine for continuously spinning wool or cotton etc.
1 a song thrush.
2 (in full throstle-frame) a machine for continuously spinning wool or cotton etc.
Etymology
OE f. Gmc: rel. to THRUSH(1)
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