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thros⋅tle

  [thros-uhl]
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–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.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME, OE; c. D drossel, G Drossel; akin to ON thrǫstr, L turdus thrush
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thros·tle   (thrŏs'əl)   
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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

throstle 
"thrush," O.E. þrostle, from P.Gmc. *thrustalo (cf. O.S. throsla, O.H.G. droscala, Ger. Drossel "thrush"), altered from (perhaps a dim. of) *thurstaz (see thrush), though OED considers this a distinct word from the same PIE root.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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