Throstle vs Thrustle - What's the difference?
throstle | thrustle |
A song thrush.
* 1804 , Anthony Florian Madinger Willich, James Mease, The Domestic Encyclopaedia: or, A Dictionary of Facts and Useful Knowledge ,
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.
* 1836 , James Montgomery, The Theory and Practice of Cotton Spinning, or, The Carding and Spinning Master’s Assistant ,
As nouns the difference between throstle and thrustle
is that throstle is a song thrush while thrustle is .throstle
English
(wikipedia throstle)Noun
(en noun)page 115,
- The throstle is by some believed to be the finest singing bird in Britain, on account of the sweetness, variety, and continuance of its melody.
page 223,
- THE RING THROSTLE .
- A Throstle' under the above title has been recently introduced from America, the principal novel feature of which, is a substitute for the flyer and heavy spindle of the common '''throstle''', and for the cone or cape, and the barrel tube of the Danforth ' throstle .