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 Thros·tle n.
 1. Zool. 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.]
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