OOZLE NOUN 1. a blackbird ...1804 2. the windpipe ...1867 Eng. dial. VERB 1. of smoke: to trickle, to move slowly ...1883 US rare 2. to wheeze ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. 3. to ooze ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. 4. to move slowly or lazily ...1934 Aust. & NZ ETYMOLOGY for vb. - from ooze (vb. to emit or give out slowly or gradually) + -le FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1804 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...The Bird soon brought, the Stranger ey'd it, And then exclaim'd, Old Nick betide it; "What have we here? By Heav'ns, a Grouse; "Why, Sir, I would not give a louse, ."For twenty such, and for this reason. "BLACK GAME is now quite out of Season." Quoth Reynard, "'tis a Cock believe me." "A Cock! A Grouse, you can't deceive me;- "A little short-beak'd heath-bred Oozle, "A Cock indeed, - a flat Bamboozle! "To see the diff'rence needs no skill, - "If 'tis a Cock, pray where's his Bill? "His fine long Bill? - Here's no such thing! "So, Master Fox, 'tis all a fling!.." From: Scripscrapologia: Or, Collins's Doggerel Dish of All Sorts. Consisting of Songs Adapted to Familiar Tunes - John Collins The Fox and His Guest
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