THROP
Throp, n.
Defn: A thorp. [Obs.] Chaucer.
THROPPLE
Throp"ple, n. Etym: [Cf. Thrapple, and see Throttle.]
Defn: The windpipe. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
THROPPLE
Throp"ple, v. t.
Defn: To throttle. [Prov. Eng.]
THROSTLE
Thros"tle, n. Etym: [OE. throsel, AS. , ; akin to MHG. trostel, G.
drossel, Icel. , Sw. trast, Lith. strazdas, L. turdus. *238. Cf.
Thrush the bird.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The song thrush. See under 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 thrush. [Prov. Eng.]