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Ouʹzel

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The blackbird; sometimes the thrush is so called. (Anglo-Saxon, õsle, a blackbird.) Bottom speaks of the “ousel cock, so black of hue with orange tawny bill.” (Midsummer Night’s Dream.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Out in the Fifteen—i.e
Out in the Forty-five—i.e
Out of Harness
Out of Pocket
Out of Sorts
Out of the Wood
Outis (Greek, nobody)
Outrigger
Outrun the Constable
Outworks
Ouzel
Ovation
Over
Over
Over and Over Again
Over Edom will I cast my Shoe (Psalm lx. 8; cviii. 9)
Over the Left
Overdo (Justice)
Overreach (Sir Giles)
Overture
Overy