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A suffix, denoting that the element indicated enters into certain compounds with its highest valence, or with a valence relatively higher than in compounds where the name of the element ends in -ous; as, ferric, sulphuric. It is also used in the general sense of pertaining to; as, hydric, sodic, calcic.
Alt. of Water ouzel
A suffix used to denote the salts formed from those acids whose names end in -ous; as, sulphite, from sulphurous; nitrite, from nitrous acid, etc.
The water ousel.
The European water ousel.
Any one of several species of small insessorial birds of the genus Cinclus (or Hydrobates), especially the European water ousel (C. aquaticus), and the American water ousel (C. 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.
The European water ousel, or dipper.
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n.
Same as Ousel.
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, iodine. See -ous (chemical suffix).
v. t.
To take away; to remove.
n.
See Oast.
v. t.
To subject to the action of oxygen or of an oxidizing agent, so as to bring to a higher grade, as an -ous compound to an -ic compound; as, to oxidize mercurous chloride to mercuric chloride.
v.
One who puts out, ousts, or expels; also, an ouster; dispossession.
v. t.
To eject; to turn out.
v. t.
To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right; as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown; to usurp power; to usurp the right of a patron is to oust or dispossess him.
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n.
A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection; disseizin.
n.
One of several species of European thrushes, especially the blackbird (Merula merula, or Turdus merula), and the mountain or ring ousel (Turdus torquatus).
n.
The ring ousel.
p. pr. & vb. n.
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