throstle

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    a spinning machine formerly used to twist and wind fibers of cotton or wool continuously
    common Old World thrush noted for its song

Word Origin

throstle (n.)
"thrush," Old English þrostle "thrush," from Proto-Germanic *thrust- (cognates: Old Saxon throsla, Old High German droscala, German Drossel "thrush"), altered from (perhaps a diminutive of) *thurstaz (see thrush (n.1)).

Example

1. Or doth the throstle sing with more glee , at daybreak than a twilight ?

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