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delouse, v.|diːˈlaʊs|
[f. de- II. 2 + louse n.; cf. G. entlausen.]
trans. To clear of lice. So deˈlousing vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1919Library Assoc. Rec. Sept. 6 The inhabitants of each barrack went in turn to the delousing station on the other side of the island, where the delousing process took three days. 1921Glasgow Herald 9 July 7 The fact that there were no adequate means of delousing these men. 1929A. Forbes Hist. Army Ordn. Serv. III. ii. 46 Disinfectors for de-lousing clothing. 1937Auden in B. Dobrée From Anne to Victoria 92 The wearing of wigs helped to delouse the upper classes. 1946G. Millar Horned Pigeon v. 65 We were going to the delousing-pen. 1964R. Church Voyage Home i. 7 The stench polluted..the holy air of the garden surrounding the temple. They sat delousing each other.
b. transf. and fig. To free from something unpleasant. slang.
1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §355/2 Delouse, to get rid of displeasing companions. 1943Times Weekly 18 Aug. 2 The road itself had been ‘deloused’ of mines. 1946Brickhill & Norton Escape to Danger xx. 179 His squadron was ‘delousing’ Fortresses as they came back home out of Holland. |