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ring-ouzel
ring-ouzel [f. ring n.1] A bird (Turdus torquatus, closely allied to the blackbird) having a white ring or bar on the breast. (Cf. ouzel 1 b.)1674 Ray Coll. Words, Eng. Birds 86 The Ring Ouzell, Merula torquata. 1676 Lister in Ray Corr. (1848) 125 As to that question of a Heath-throstle, I find that...
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Ring ouzel
The ring ouzel (Turdus torquatus) is a mainly European member of the thrush family Turdidae. It is a medium-sized thrush, in length and weighing . The male is predominantly black with a conspicuous white crescent across its breast. Females are browner and duller than males, and young birds may lack ...
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rock-ouzel
rock-ouzel [rock n.1] The ring-ouzel.1678 Ray Willughby's Ornith. 195 This..was shot..not far from a Village called Hathers-edge in the Mountains of the Peak of Derbyshire, where the Inhabitants call it Rock-Ouzel. Ibid. 197 The greater Redstart of Olina, called by Aldrovand, Merula Saxatilis [marg....
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ouzel
ouzel, ousel (ˈuːz(ə)l) Forms: α. 1 ósle, 4 osul, (hosel), 4–5 osel, (5 owsille, osill, -ulle, -ylle), 6 osell, -yll, osȝil, oozel, owsell, -yl, ousil, -syl, -zell, 6–7 ousell, 6–8 owsel, 7 ou-, owsle, 7–8 ouzle, 6– ousel, 8– ouzel, (9 dial. uzzle, ussel). β. 4 (?) wesel, 6–7 woosell. [OE. ósle wk. ...
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amsel
† ˈamsel, amzel Obs. or ? dial. [app. a. Ger. amsel:—OHG. amisala, cogn. w. OE. ósle, now ouzel.] A name of the Blackbird and Ring Ouzel.a 1705 Ray Synops. Meth. Avium (1713) 65, Merula torquata, The Ring-Ouzel or Amzel. 1802 Montagu Ornith. Dict. s.v. Blackbird, Amsel, a ‘provincial’ name. [Not in ...
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ringed
ringed, ppl. a. (rɪŋd) [f. ring n.1 and v.1] 1. Of armour: Made of rings. rare.Beowulf 1246 Heaþo-steapa helm, hringed byrne.1824 Meyrick Ant. Armour I. 27 The form of the rustred armour seems..to have grown out of the ringed. 1846 Fairholt Costume 155 A hauberk or tunic of ringed mail, reaching to ...
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whistler
whistler (ˈhwɪs(ə)lə(r)) Forms: see whistle v.; also 6 Sc. quhuslar, 7 whisler. [OE. hwistlere, f. hwistlian, whistle v.: see -er1.] A person, animal, or thing that whistles. 1. a. One who sounds, or plays upon, a whistle or pipe; a flute-player, piper, or fifer. Now rare.c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Matt. ix....
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heath
heath, n. (hiːθ) Forms: 1–3 hæð, 3–4 heþ, 4–6 heth, -e, heeth, 6 heyth, 4– heath. [OE. hǽð (:—*haiþi-), corresponding, exc. in the formative suffix, with MLG. hêde, MDu. hêde, heide, Du. heide, hei, OHG. heida (only as in sense 2), MHG., G. heide, ON. heiðr, Goth. haiþi fem., gen. haiþjôs field, ope...
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thrush-bush
▪ I. thrush1 (θrʌʃ) Forms: 1 ðræsce, þrysce, þryssce, þrisce, 3 þrusche (ü), þruysse (for þrüshe), 4 þrusch, 5–6 thrusshe, thrushe (5 thryshe, thrusche, thrus, 7 thresh); 6– thrush. [Two ablaut-forms in OE.: αþr{yacu}sce, later þryssce, wk. fem.:—O. Teut. *þrûskjôn. For the change of vowel in ME. þr...
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ring
▪ I. ring, n.1 (rɪŋ) Forms: 1 hring (hringc), 3– ring, 4–7 ringe; 3–6 ryng (4 rynk, 5 ryngg-), 4–6 rynge; 4–5 reng, 5 reyng. [Comm. Teut.: OE. hring, = OFris. hring, rhing, ring (Fris. ring), MDu. rinc, ring- (Du. ring), OS. hring (MLG. rink, ring-, LG. ring), OHG. hring (MHG. rinc, ring-, G. ring),...
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