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Throstle

noun
1.
A spinning machine formerly used to twist and wind fibers of cotton or wool continuously.
2.
Common Old World thrush noted for its song.  Synonyms: mavis, song thrush, Turdus philomelos.





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"Throstle" Quotes from Famous Books



... The throstle in the lilac, Not far beyond the Nets, Upon a spray of purple His beak severely whets: He hears the players calling, He wonders what they're at, As thunder frequent Yorkers ...
— More Cricket Songs • Norman Gale
... his fine frame the throstle feels The music that his note reveals; And spite of shafts and nets, How better is the dying bird Than some dumb stone that ne'er was heard, That ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 341, March, 1844, Vol. 55 • Various


Words linked to "Throstle" :   spinning machine, song thrush, Turdus philomelos, genus Turdus, Turdus, thrush


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