throscus

[Gr. thrōskō =to leap or spring.] Entom.: The typical genus of Throscide (q. v.). Antenne terminated by a three-jointed knob; mandibles simple; penultimate joint of each tarsus bifid. thros-tle, *throst-el (second t silent), *thro el, *thru hill, *thrustylle, s . [A. S. throstle , throsle , for throshel , a dim in. of thrush (q. v); Μ. Η. Ger. trostel , troschel , droschel ; Ger. dro el .] 1. The song-thrush, Turdus music us. [THRUSH.] "The throstle with his note so true." Shakesp.: Midsummer Night's Dream, iii. 1. 2. The drawing-frame of the cotton manufacture. The great invention which succeeded the spinning jenny of Hargreaves. The drawing-frame is for attenuating slivers of fiber by pa ing them through consecutive pairs of rollers, each pair in the succe ion revolving at a higher speed than its predece or. The specific difference between the action of the throstle and the mule is that the former has a continuous action, drawing, twisting, and winding; while the mule has an alternative action, drawing and twisting, and then winding. "There is a machine in the cotton trade called a throstle; it is a spinning machine, and when a thread breaks it has to be fixed up again, so that the work may not be stopped." -London Standard . 3. A spindle for wool. throstle-cock, *throstel-cok, *throstel-kok, subst. The male thrush. "The throstel - cok made eke his lay." throstle-piecer, s. Chaucer: Rime of Sir Topas. Spin .: A name given to young girls, averaging from thirteen to sixteen years of age, employed in cotton mills. Their duty is to attend to the throstle frames, and to piece up the yarn as it is made in the frame, before it is wound upon bobbins fixed on the spindles to receive it. throst-ling (secondt silent), subst . [Said to be from the whistling sound emitted in breathing, resembling the singing of the thrush or throstle.] A disease of cattle of the ox kind, occasioned by a swelling under their throats, which, unle checked, Godline , p. 28. throng, v. i. & t. [THRONG, 8.] A. In trans.: To crowd or pre together; to come in multitudes; to pre into a close body, as a multitude of persons. "I have seen the dumb men throng to see him." Shakesp.: Coriolanus, iii. 3. B. Transitive : 1. To crowd or pre ; to annoy with a throng or pre of people. "The multitude throng thee and pre thee."- Luke viii. 45. 2. To fill with a crowd; to crowd. " Throng our large temples with the shows of peace." Shakesp.: Coriolanus, iii. 3. *3. To po e or fill entirely. "A man thronged up with cold." Shakesp.: Pericles, ii. 1. throttle, s. [A dim in. of throat (q. v.).] 1. The windpipe or trachea. "At the upper extreme it hath no larinx or throttle to qualify the sound."- Browne : Vulgar Errors , bk. iii., ch. xxvii. 2. The throat. (Colloq. and humorously. ) 3. The same as THROTTLE-VALVE (q. v.). "A similar arrangement causes the throttle of the engine to open or close." - Harper's Magazine, June, 1882, p. 45.