Emily Dickinson Lexicon

THRUSH, n. [Sax. thrisc; G. drossel; W. tresglen; Sw. trast.]

1. A bird; a species of Turdus, the largest of the genus; the Turdus viscivorus or missel-bird. Cyc. Ed. Encyc.
2. [Qu. thrust.] An affection of the inflammatory and suppurating kind, in the feet of the horse and some other animals. In the horse it is in the frog. Cyc.
3. In medicine, (L. aphthæ,) minute ulcers in the mouth and fauces. Coxe. Arbuthnot. A disease characterized by roundish granular vesicles of a pearl color, affecting the lips and mouth, and sometimes the whole alimentary canal, terminating in curd-like sloughs; occasionally occurring in successive crops. Good.