throstle

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: thros=tle

CIDE DICTIONARY

throstle, n. [OE. throsel, AS. , ; akin to MHG. trostel, G. drossel, Icel. , Sw. trast, Lith. strazdas, L. turdus. √238. Cf. Thrush the bird.].

•  The song thrush. See under Song.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.]