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throstle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | mavis, song thrush, turdus philomelos |
| Type of | thrush |
throstle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | spinning machine |
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In 1803 it contained carding, drawing and roving frames, and mule, throstle and water-frames.
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Although it featured the throstle, it did not include the blue and white striped shield of the club badge.
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It is also known in Englishdialects as throstle or mavis.
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The throstle was chosen because the public house in which the team used to change kept a pet thrush in a cage.
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It was 64 ft by 40 ft. Even in 1882 when it closed, it was running throstle frames and mules, and had a dye plant.
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Its rival, the throstle frame or ring frame uses a continuous process, where the roving is drawn, twisted and wrapped in one action.
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So in 1830, the 52 throstle frames were producing 1000 lbs of twist yarn a week and the 30 mules producing 1000lbs of weft a week.
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As late as the 1930s, a caged throstle was placed beside the touchline during matches and it was said that it only used to sing if Albion were winning.
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With a weir and goit providing motive power for a water wheel, the factory was built for throstle spinning and the weaving of cotton-a relatively new introduction to Britain.
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- A spinning machine formerly used to twist and wind fibers of cotton or wool continuously
- Song thrush: common Old World thrush noted for its song
- The Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) is a thrush that breeds across much of Eurasia. It is also known in English dialects as throstle or mavis. It has brown upperparts and black-spotted cream or buff underparts and has three recognised subspecies. ...
- A song thrush; 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
- An improved version of the water frame, it produced strong, well-twisted yarn for warp threads.
