'Restless thrush' definitions:

Definition of 'Restless thrush'

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  • Restless \Rest"less\, a. [AS. restle['a]s.]
  • 1. Never resting; unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; as, a restless child. --Chaucer. "Restless revolution day by day." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose or quiet; eager for change; discontented; as, restless schemers; restless ambition; restless subjects. "Restless at home, and ever prone to range." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Deprived of rest or sleep. [1913 Webster]
  • Restless he passed the remnants of the night. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Passed in unquietness; as, the patient has had a restless night. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Not affording rest; as, a restless chair. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
  • Restless thrush. (Zool.) See Grinder, 3. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Unquiet; uneasy; disturbed; disquieted; sleepless; agitated; unsettled; roving; wandering. [1913 Webster] -- {Rest"less*ly}, adv.- {Rest"less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'restless thrush'

From: GCIDE
  • Grinder \Grind"er\, n.
  • 1. One who, or that which, grinds. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. One of the double teeth, used to grind or masticate the food; a molar. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Zool.) The restless flycatcher (Seisura inquieta) of Australia; -- called also restless thrush and {volatile thrush}. It makes a noise like a scissors grinder, to which the name alludes.
  • 4. A submarine sandwich. [local, U.S.]
  • Syn: submarine, hoagie. [PJC]
  • Grinder's asthma, Grinder's phthisis, or Grinder's rot (Med.), a lung disease produced by the mechanical irritation of the particles of steel and stone given off in the operation of grinding. [1913 Webster]