Associations to the word «Throstle»
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Wiktionary
THROSTLE, noun. A song thrush.
THROSTLE, noun. 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.
Dictionary definition
THROSTLE, noun. A spinning machine formerly used to twist and wind fibers of cotton or wool continuously.
THROSTLE, noun. Common Old World thrush noted for its song.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.