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Ouse

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Ouse [uːz]
n
1. (Placename) Also called Great Ouse a river in E England, rising in Northamptonshire and flowing northeast to the Wash near King's Lynn; for the last 56 km (35 miles) follows mainly artificial channels. Length: 257 km (160 miles)
2. (Placename) a river in NE England, in Yorkshire, formed by the confluence of the Swale and Ure Rivers: flows southeast to the Humber. Length: 92 km (57 miles)
3. (Placename) a river in S England, rising in Sussex and flowing south to the English Channel. Length: 48 km (30 miles)
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Noun1.OuseOuse - a river in northeastern England that flows generally southeastward to join the Trent River and form the Humber
Ouse River
England - a division of the United Kingdom


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The ouse that I am stopping at - a sort of a private hotel and boarding ouse, Master Copperfield, near the New River ed - will have gone to bed these two hours.
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"Not, I grant, you, but what his manners is given to blusterous," said Joe, apologetically; "still, a Englishman's ouse is his Castle, and castles must not be busted 'cept when done in war time.
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