Word Meanings - THRUSTLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The throstle, or song thrust. When he heard the thrustel sing. Chaucer.

THRUSTING
The white whey, or that which is last pressed out of the curd press, as for pressing curd in making cheese. (more info) 1. The act of pushing with force. The act of squeezing curd with the hand, to expel the whey. pl.
THROSTLE
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
THRUSTLE
The throstle, or song thrust. When he heard the thrustel sing. Chaucer.
THRUST
Thrist. Spenser.
HEARD
imp. & p. p. of Hear.
THRUSTER
One who thrusts or stabs.
UNHEARD-OF
New; unprecedented; unparalleled. Swift.
UNHEARD
1. Not heard; not perceived by the ear; as, words unheard by those present. 2. Not granted an audience or a hearing; not allowed to speak; not having made a defense, or stated one's side of a question; disregarded; unheeded; as, to condemunheard.
HALF-HEARD
Imperfectly or partly heard to the end. And leave half-heard the melancholy tale. Pope.
SHEARD
See SHARD