Throstle
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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.
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