thrush : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: thrush	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for thrush
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thrush n candidiasis of the oral cavity; seen mostly in infants or debilitated adults a woman who sings popular songs songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thrush \Thrush\, n. [OE. [thorn]rusche, AS. [thorn]rysce; akin to OHG. drosca, droscea, droscela, and E. throstle. Cf. {Throstle}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of singing birds belonging to {Turdus} and allied genera. They are noted for the sweetness of their songs. Note: Among the best-known European species are the song thrush or throstle ({Turdus musicus}), the missel thrush (see under {Missel}), the European redwing, and the blackbird. The most important American species are the wood thrush ({Turdus mustelinus}), Wilson's thrush ({T. fuscescens}), the hermit thrush (see under {Hermit}), Swainson's thrush ({T. Alici[91]}), and the migratory thrush, or American robin (see {Robin}). 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of singing birds more or less resembling the true thrushes in appearance or habits; as the thunderbird and the American brown thrush (or thrasher). See {Brown thrush}. {Ant thrush}. See {Ant thrush}, {Breve}, and {Pitta}. {Babbling thrush}, any one of numerous species of Asiatic timaline birds; -- called also {babbler}. {Fruit thrush}, any species of bulbul. {Shrike thrush}. See under {Shrike}. {Stone thrush}, the missel thrush; -- said to be so called from its marbled breast. {Thrush nightingale}. See {Nightingale}, 2. {Thrush tit}, any one of several species of Asiatic singing birds of the genus {Cochoa}. They are beautifully colored birds allied to the tits, but resembling thrushes in size and habits. {Water thrush}. (a) The European dipper. (b) An American warbler ({Seiurus Noveboracensis}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thrush \Thrush\, n. [Akin to Dan. tr[94]ske, Sw. trosk; cf. Dan. t[94]r dry, Sw. torr, Icel. [thorn]urr, AS. [thorn]yrr, OE. thrust thrist, E. thrist.] 1. (Med.) An affection of the mouth, fauces, etc., common in newly born children, characterized by minute ulcers called aphth[91]. See {Aphth[91]}. 2. (Far.) An inflammatory and suppurative affection of the feet in certain animals. In the horse it is in the frog.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frush \Frush\, n. [Cf. OE. frosch, frosk, a frog (the animal), G. frosch frog (the animal), also carney or lampass of horses. See {Frog}, n., 2.] 1. (Far.) The frog of a horse's foot. 2. A discharge of a fetid or ichorous matter from the frog of a horse's foot; -- also caled {thrush.}