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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OUSEL, n. oo'zl. The blackbird, a species of the genus Turdus.
OUST, v.t. [I take this to be our vulgar oost, used in the sense of lift. The usual signification then will be that of the Latin tollo, sustuli.]
1. To take away; to remove.
Multiplications of actions upon the case were rare formerly, and thereby wager of law ousted.
2. To eject; to disseize.
Afterward the lessor, reversioner or remainder-man or any stranger doth eject or oust the lessee of his term.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: common black European thrush [syn: blackbird, merl, merle, ouzel, ousel, European blackbird, Turdus merula]

Merriam Webster's

variant of ouzel

Oxford Reference Dictionary

var. of OUZEL.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ousel Ou"sel, n. [OE. osel, AS. ?sle; akin to G. amsel, OHG. amsala, and perh. to L. merula blackbird. Cf. Merle, Amsel.] (Zo["o]l.) One of several species of European thrushes, especially the blackbird (Merula merula, or Turdus merula), and the mountain or ring ousel (Turdus torquatus). [Written also ouzel.] Rock ousel (Zo["o]l.), the ring ousel. Water ousel (Zo["o]l.), the European dipper (Cinclus aquaticus), and the American dipper (C. Mexicanus).