Thros"tle (?), 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. (Zoöl.) The song thrush. See
under Song.
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.
Throstle cock, the missel thrush. [Prov.
Eng.]
Thros"tle (?), 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. (Zoöl.) The song thrush. See
under Song.
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.
Throstle cock, the missel thrush. [Prov.
Eng.]
