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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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Water-Ousel "Up, up, onlya few inches fromthe dashing current" After watching the tussle between ousel and water for a long time, I decided to take a peep at their nursery.

From Birds of the Rockies by Keyser, Leander S. (Leander Sylvester)

SO they journeyed until they came to the nest of an ousel, and Gwrhyr spoke to her.

From The Lilac Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew

The ousel cock so black of hue With Orange-tawny bill.

From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Ellacombe, Henry Nicholson

It was a water ousel dashing into the foaming cataract and out again, and the spray falling from the sudden bath wrecked the mirror of the pool.

From Nan of Music Mountain by Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers)

So it was not often that the ousel and the glacier saw each other between October and June.

From The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children by Austin, Mary Hunter