[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

throstle \thros"tle\, n. oe. throsel, as. thornrostle,
   thornrosle; akin to mhg. trostel, g. drossel, icel.
   thornr"ostr, sw. trast, lith. strazdas, l. turdus.
   root238. 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
see also:
thrush song throstle cock 

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