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n. [ Ger. See Ousel. ] (Zool.) The European ring ousel (Turdus torquatus). [ 1913 Webster ]

n., or /mhw>. [ Ar. aryil, ayyil, stag. ] (Zool.) (a) A variety of the gazelle (Antilope dorcas, or Gazella, dorcas), found in Arabia and adjacent countries. (b) A squirrel-like Australian marsupial, a species of Petaurus. (c) A beautiful Brazilian toucan Ramphastos ariel). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From an old form of F. biseau sloping edge, prob. fr. L. bis double. See Bi-. ] The rim which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Motionless; destitute of breezes. [ 1913 Webster ]

A stagnant, breezeless air becalms my soul. Shenstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G. ] See Pretzel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a squash plant having a dark green fruit with skin mottled with light green or yellow.
Syn. -- Italian vegetable marrow. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a squash resembling zucchini. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. grizzle darkish gray, or G. griselig gravelly, granular, speckled. ] A kind of roughness on the surface of glass, which clouds its transparency. [ Written also crizzeling and crizzle. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. It. donzello, Sp. doncel, OF. danzel. See Damsel, Don, n. ] A young squire, or knight's attendant; a page. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Dross, Drossel. ] A slut; a vagabond wench. Same as Drossel. [ Obs. ] Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Firearms) A movable furrowed piece of steel struck by the flint, to throw sparks into the pan, in an early form of flintlock. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) An English warbler (Melizophilus provincialis); -- called also furze wren, and Dartford warbler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The black currant; also, the wild plum. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) See Gazelle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. gazelle, OF. also, gazel; cf. Sp. gacela, Pr. gazella, It. gazella; all fr. Ar. ghaz&unr_;l a wild goat. ] (Zool.) One of several small, swift, elegantly formed species of antelope, of the genus Gazella, esp. G. dorcas; -- called also algazel, corinne, korin, and kevel. The gazelles are celebrated for the luster and soft expression of their eyes. [ Written also gazel. ]

☞ The common species of Northern Africa (Gazella dorcas); the Arabian gazelle, or ariel (G. Arabica); the mohr of West Africa (G. mohr); the Indian (G. Bennetti); the ahu or Persian (G. subgutturosa); and the springbok or tsebe (G. euchore) of South Africa, are the best known. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖, n. [ Ar. ghazal. ] A kind of Oriental lyric, and usually erotic, poetry, written in recurring rhymes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. See Gridelin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. hasel, AS. hæsel; akin to D. hazelaar, G. hazel, OHG. hasal, hasala, Icel. hasl, Dan & Sw. hassel, L. corylus, for cosylus. ] 1. (Bot.) A shrub or small tree of the genus Corylus, as the Corylus avellana, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild, farinaceous taste; the filbert. The American species are Corylus Americana, which produces the common hazelnut, and Corylus rostrata. See Filbert. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A miner's name for freestone. Raymond. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hazel earth, soil suitable for the hazel; a fertile loam. --
Hazel grouse (Zool.), a European grouse (Bonasa betulina), allied to the American ruffed grouse. --
Hazel hoe, a kind of grub hoe. --
Witch hazel. See Witch-hazel, and Hamamelis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Consisting of hazels, or of the wood of the hazel; pertaining to, or derived from, the hazel; as, a hazel wand. [ 1913 Webster ]

I sit me down beside the hazel grove. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of a light brown color, like the hazelnut. “Thou hast hazel eyes.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Destitute of haze. Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of the color of the hazelnut; of a light brown. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. hæselhnutu. ] The nut of the hazel. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A reddish-brown wood and lumber from the heartwood of the sweet gum tree.
Syn. -- sweet gum, satin walnut, red gum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) The asarabacca. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A gem of an azure color. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G., corrupted fr. mangoldwurzel; mangold beet + wurzel root. ] (Bot.) A kind of large field beet (Beta macrorhiza), used as food for cattle, -- by some considered a mere variety of the ordinary beet. See Beet. [ Written also mangold-wurzel. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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n. [ G. ] (Bot.) See Mangel-wurzel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See 1st Measle. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of bristly herbs or subshrubs of Western America lacking stinging hairs.
Syn. -- genus Mentzelia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) Same as Ousel. [ 1913 Webster ]

The mellow ouzel fluted in the elm. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G. pretzel, bretzel. Cf. Bretzel. ] A kind of German biscuit or cake in the form of a twisted ring, salted on the outside. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. pucelle a virgin. ] A harlot; a drab; a hussy. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Scissel, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The teasel. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & v. t. See Teasel. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }. (Zool.) Any one of several species of small insessorial birds of the genus Cinclus (or Hydrobates), especially the European water ousel (Cinclus aquaticus), and the American water ousel (Cinclus Mexicanus). These birds live about the water, and are in the habit of walking on the bottom of streams beneath the water in search of food. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) See Weasel. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ G., Vienna cutlet. ] A veal cutlet variously seasoned garnished, often with lemon, sardines, and capers. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ See Wych-elm, and Hazel. ] (Bot.) The wych-elm. (b) An American shrub or small tree (Hamamelis Virginica), which blossoms late in autumn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The wych-elm; -- so called because its leaves are like those of the hazel. [ 1913 Webster ]