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Webster 1913 Edition
Throstle
Thros′tle
,Noun.
[OE.
throsel
, AS. þrostle
, þrosle
; akin to MHG. trostel
, G. drossel
, Icel. þröstr
, Sw. trast
, Lith. strazdas
, L. turdus
. √238. Cf. Thrush
the bird.] 2.
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.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Throstle
THROSTLE
,Noun.