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throstle

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thros·tle  (thrsl)
n.
1. Any of various Old World thrushes, especially a song thrush.
2. A machine formerly used for spinning fibers such as cotton or wool.
[Middle English, from Old English.]
throstle [ˈθrɒsəl]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a poetic name for thrush1 esp the song thrush
2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a spinning machine for wool or cotton in which the fibres are twisted and wound continuously
[Old English; related to Old Saxon throsla, Old Norse thröstr, Middle High German drostel]
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Noun1.throstle - a spinning machine formerly used to twist and wind fibers of cotton or wool continuously
spinning machine - a textile machine for spinning yarn and thread
2.throstlethrostle - common Old World thrush noted for its song
mavis, song thrush, Turdus philomelos
thrush - songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast
genus Turdus, Turdus - type genus of the Turdidae


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There's my little lad Aaron, he's got a gift--he can sing a tune off straight, like a throstle.
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It was at the dawn of day in the merry Maytime, when hedgerows are green and flowers bedeck the meadows; daisies pied and yellow cuckoo buds and fair primroses all along the briery hedges; when apple buds blossom and sweet birds sing, the lark at dawn of day, the throstle cock and cuckoo; when lads and lasses look upon each other with sweet thoughts; when busy housewives spread their linen to bleach upon the bright green grass.
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That was his most perfect idea of heaven's happiness: mine was rocking in a rustling green tree, with a west wind blowing, and bright white clouds flitting rapidly above; and not only larks, but throstles, and blackbirds, and linnets, and cuckoos pouring out music on every side, and the moors seen at a distance, broken into cool dusky dells; but close by great swells of long grass undulating in waves to the breeze; and woods and sounding water, and the whole world awake and wild with joy.
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