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n. [ OE. throsel, AS. þrostle, þrosle; akin to MHG. trostel, G. drossel, Icel. þröstr, Sw. trast, Lith. strazdas, L. turdus. √238. Cf. Thrush the bird. ] 1. (Zool.) The song thrush. See under Song. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differing from the mule in having the twisting apparatus stationary and the processes continuous; -- so called because it makes a singing noise. [ 1913 Webster ]

Throstle cock, the missel thrush. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]