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throstle
[ thros-uhl ]
noun
- British (chiefly Literary). the song thrush.
- Obsolete. a machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., in which the twisting and winding are simultaneous and continuous.
throstle
/ ˈθrɒsəl /
noun
- a poetic name for the thrush, esp the song thrush
- a spinning machine for wool or cotton in which the fibres are twisted and wound continuously
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Origin of throstle1
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Example Sentences
We'll find a green brae by a babblin' burn aneath a snawy hawthorn, whaur the throstle sings an' the blackbird whustles.
I wonder if even a throstle would not get out of tune were it sentenced to life-long captivity?
The number of spindles in a throstle frame 12 feet long, is about 60 on each side.
The rest of this flax-spinning apparatus resembles in every respect the throstle frame of the cotton-spinner.
This morn a throstle piped to me,''Tis time that mates were wooed and won— The daffodils are on the lea.'
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