ouzel

[ oo-zuh l ]

/ ˈu zəl /

Origin of ouzel

before 900; Middle English osel merle, blackbird, Old English ōsle, cognate with German Amsel; akin to Latin merula; see merle¹

outwith, outwork, outworn, outwrite, outyear, ouzel, ouzo, ouémé, ov language, ov-, ova

His chief anxiety arose from the possibility there was of falling in with the Ouzel Galley.

The Missing Ship |W. H. G. Kingston
Captain Tracy was now able to get about, and even to superintend the repairs of the Ouzel Galley.

The Missing Ship |W. H. G. Kingston
Our ouzel was quietly feeding on the edge of the brook, when Harriet said good-bye as our ponies started up the trail.

Wild Life on the Rockies |Enos A. Mills
He says the ouzel sings all winter, and never minds the weather; also that he never goes far from the stream.

The Children's Book of Birds |Olive Thorne Miller

The robin and the ouzel,—how I love them both, and yet how utterly unlike they are!

The Spell of the Rockies |Enos A. Mills

ouzel

/ (ˈuːzəl) /

the ring ouzel or water ouzel See ring ouzel, dipper

an archaic name for the (European) blackbird

Old English ōsle, related to Old High German amsala (German Amsel), Latin merula merle 1