LOUSED
Verb
loused
simple past tense and past participle of louse
Anagrams
• desoul, souled
Source: Wiktionary
LOUSE
Louse, n.; pl. Lice. Etym: [OE. lous, AS. l, pl. l; akin to D. luis,
G. laus, OHG. l, Icel. l, Sw. lus, Dan. luus; perh. so named because
it is destructive, and akin to E. lose, loose.] (Zoöl.)
1. Any one of numerous species of small, wingless, suctorial,
parasitic insects belonging to a tribe (Pediculina), now usually
regarded as degraded Hemiptera. To this group belong of the lice of
man and other mammals; as, the head louse of man (Pediculus capitis),
the body louse (P. vestimenti), and the crab louse (Phthirius pubis),
and many others. See Crab louse, Dog louse, Cattle louse, etc., under
Crab, Dog, etc.
2. Any one of numerous small mandibulate insects, mostly parasitic on
birds, and feeding on the feathers. They are known as Mallophaga, or
bird lice, though some occur on the hair of mammals. They are usually
regarded as degraded Pseudoneuroptera. See Mallophaga.
3. Any one of the numerous species of aphids, or plant lice. See
Aphid.
4. Any small crustacean parasitic on fishes. See Branchiura, and
Ichthvophthira.
Note: The term is also applied to various other parasites; as, the
whale louse, beelouse, horse louse. Louse fly (Zoöl.), a parasitic
dipterous insect of the group Pupipara. Some of them are wingless, as
the bee louse.
– Louse mite (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of mites which
infest mammals and birds, clinging to the hair and feathers like
lice. They belong to Myobia, Dermaleichus, Mycoptes, and several
other genera.
Louse, v. t.
Definition: To clean from lice. "You sat and loused him." Swift.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition