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/ ˈuːzəl /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of ouzel

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The hum of bees, the scent of pines, the flight of the ousel down the water, the whistle of the curlew, all were to her pleasures as vivid as they were new.

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He sat gazing moodily on the rippling face of the water, or watched the ousel curtsying on its stone; and he almost despaired.

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But, anyhow, Mr. Black was sufficiently good-looking to be called handsome in a countryside where young unmarried men were rare as water ousels.

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The ousel sat on the edge of the ice rim to finish her song, and it timed with the running of the stream.

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I hear the dusky ousel that sends a joyous greeting to all the faithful: My speech, my shape are spectral—hush, woman, do not speak to me!

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