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1) Spinning machine
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machine for drawing, twisting and winding fibres
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• (n.) 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. • (n.) The song thrush. See under Song.Throstle: words in the ...
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An improved version of the water frame, it produced strong, well-twisted yarn for warp threads.
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1. <zoology> The song thrush. See 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 thru...
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Thros'tle noun [ Middle English
throsel , Anglo-Saxon
þrostle ,
þrosle ; akin to Middle High German
trostel , German
drossel , Icelandic
þröstr , Swedish
trast , Lithuanian
strazdas , Latin
turdus . √238. Confer...
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A throstle was a drawing-frame machine used in the manufacture of cotton, succeeding the spinning-jenny in around 1885. The throstle was used for attenuating slivers of fibre by passing them through consecutive pairs of rollers, each pair in the succession revolving at a higher speed than its predecessor. The specific difference between the action ...
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A spinning machine developed from the water frame.
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n] - a spinning machine formerly used to twist and wind fibers of cotton or wool continuously
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noun a spinning machine formerly used to twist and wind fibers of cotton or wool continuously
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