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THROSTLE COCK Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
noun 1. song thrush 2. mistle thrush Word History Etymology Middle English throstilcok, from throstil throstle + cok cock
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throstle-cock, n. meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the noun throstle-cock is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for throstle-cock is ...
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throstlecock - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
throstlecock (plural throstlecocks). The male throstle. 1962, J.R.R. Tolkien, “When Winter first begins to bite”, in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil :.
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throstle-cock
ˈthrostle-cock The male throstle or song-thrush; dial. the male missel-thrush.c 1300 Thrush & Night. 121 in Hazl. E.P.P. I. 55 Threstelkok, thou hauest wrong. c 1386 Chaucer Sir Thopas 58 (Harl.) The þrostilcok [v.rr. thrustel-, -il-] maad eek his lay. c 1430 Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 203 The th...
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throstel-cok and throstelcok - Middle English Compendium
1. (a) The male of any of several members of the thrush family, esp. the song thrush (Turdus philomelos), blackbird (Turdus merula), or mistle thrush (Turdus ...
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SND :: throstle - Dictionaries of the Scots Language
throstle-cock, thristle-, thrissil-, the male song-thrush (Rxb. 1885 C. Swainson Brit. Birds 2), the male missel-thrush, Turdus viscivorus (Sc. 1825 Jam ...
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A wayle whyt ase whalles bon
ase whalles bon" ('A beauty white as whale's bone'), also titled after the opening of its refrain "Ich wolde ich were a threstelcok" ('I wish I were a throstle-cock
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A wayle whyt ase whalles bon - Wikipedia
... throstle-cock'), is an anonymous late-13th or early-14th century Middle English lyric poem. The text forms part of the collection known as the Harley ...
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Throstle cock Definition, Meaning & Usage | FineDictionary.com
Old men's love the longest will last, And the throstle-cock's head is under his wing. "Davie Gellatley's Song" by Sir Walter Scott Author object (622).
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THROSTLE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of THROSTLE is thrush; specifically : song thrush.
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throstle, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary
There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun throstle. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
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throstle - Useful english dictionary
throstle cock — noun Etymology: Middle English throstilcok, from throstil throstle + cok cock 1. : song thrush 2. : mistle thrush … Useful english dictionary.
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thrushel
thrushel Now dial. (ˈθrʌʃəl) Also 5 thruschyl, thrusshill, 9 thrishell (Devon). [A derivative of thrush n.1, prob. dim.; cf. OHG. drôscala, dim. of drôsca, MHG. drôschele, dial. droschel, druschel, drouschel. Dialectally these forms tend to fall together with variants of throstle and Ger. drossel.] ...
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Mistle thrush
Harmony of Birds" features a thrusshe (mistle thrush) singing the phrase "sanctus, sanctus", distinguishing the bird from the song thrush, the mauys or throstle "Holm thrush", "hollin cock" and "holm cock" are based on obsolete names for the holly tree, which may be defended by the thrush in winter for its berries
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throstle
throstle (ˈθrɒs(ə)l) Forms: α. 1–3 þrostle, 4 þrostel, -yl, 4–5 throstel(e, 5 -elle, -il, -yl(l, 7 throssel, throssle, (thrassel), 5– throstle. β. 4 þrustel(e, 4–8 thrustle, 5 -ille, -yll(e, 5–6 thrustel(l, 6 -ele, 7 thrussel. γ. 4 þrestel, thristill, (5 thyrstylle), 6 threstyll, thrissell, 8 thriss...
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