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thros·tle (thr

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 [ˈθrɒs^əl]

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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Noun	1.	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.	throstle - 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.

Silas Marner by Eliot, George View in context

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.

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Pyle, Howard View in context

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.

Wuthering Heights by Bronte, Emily View in context

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