louse

A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.

A contemptible person; one who is deceitful or causes harm.colloquialdated

• It's then that those louses go back to their spouses. Diamonds are a girl's best friend.

The currency sign ¤.slang

To remove lice from; to delouse.transitive

• ‘Nor have I combed, washed or loused myself this six months past, there being so few daring deeds to do on this Highway.’
• There were a few wire-netted enclosures to keep young chickens from the hawks, but the fowls wandered at large, coming about the hut to ruffle their feathers in the dust, and louse themselves, and pick up scraps.

Obsolete form of loose.alt-ofobsolete

• To ſome it louſeth the belly verie freelie, but not at the firſt. Others thinks it bindeth them. Yet it ſeemeth to louſe moe then it bindeth.

Obsolete form of loose.alt-ofobsolete