throstle

American  

[thros-uhl] / ˈθrɒs əl /

noun

1. British (chiefly Literary). the song thrush.

2. Obsolete. a machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., in which the twisting and winding are simultaneous and continuous.

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throstle British  

/ ˈθrɒsəl /

noun

1. a poetic name for the thrush, esp the song thrush

2. a spinning machine for wool or cotton in which the fibres are twisted and wound continuously

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Etymology

Origin of throstle

before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Dutch drossel, German Drossel; akin to Old Norse thrǫstr, Latin turdus thrush

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Example Sentences

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throstle

"What do you think of this passage?" he scornfully asked a Shakespearean enthusiast: " 'I would as lief be thrust through a quicket hedge as cry Pooh to a callow throstle.'"

From Time Magazine Archive

There also are many birds, throstle, thrush and nightingale, goldfinch and woodlark, which sing merrily day and night.

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power

All this meant victory for his dearest hopes, and so he leapt to his feet, and marched off whistling like the throstle.

From Bulldog And Butterfly From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray by David Christie Murray

From the fact that the spinning-frame was driven by water, it came to be known as the water-frame; since the application of steam it has been known as the throstle.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 by John Rudd

"This morn a throstle piped to me, ''Tis time that mates were wooed and won— The daffodils are on the lea.'"

From Love's Usuries by Louis Creswicke

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