- Thrustle
- Thrustle Thrus"tle, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The throstle, or song thrust. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
[1913 Webster]
When he heard the thrustel sing. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
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Thrustle
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