Ouse

== English == === Etymology === From Old English Usa, probably of Romano-British Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *udso-, from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water”). === Proper noun === Ouse Various rivers in England. 1786 [1834], William Cowper, The Task Book 1 in Poems, 254: Here Ouse, slow-winding through a level plainOf spacious meads with cattle sprinkled o’er,Conducts the eye along his sinuous courseDelighted. River Ouse, Yorkshire: A river in North Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire. River Ouse, Sussex: A river in both West Sussex and East Sussex. River Great Ouse, Northamptonshire and East Anglia. River Little Ouse, a tributary of the River Great Ouse. A locality in Central Highlands Council, central Tasmania, Australia. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Anagrams === -eous