throstle noun.
['Ɵrɒs(ǝ)l][Old English Þrostle = Old Saxon Þrosla, Old High German drōscala (German Drossel), from Germanic from Indo-European base repr. also by Latin turdus thrush: cf. THRUSH noun1.]1. A thrush;
esp. the song thrush, or formerly occas. the blackbird. Now
dial. &
literary.
OE.2. Hist. A kind of spinning-machine with a continuous action for drawing, twisting, and winding yarn (app. named from the humming sound it made).
E19.
Comb.:
throstle-cock the male throstle or song thrush;
dial. the male mistle thrush.
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