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† want-louse Obs. rare.
[a. Du. wandluis or LG., G. wandlaus (cf. MLG., OHG., MHG. wantlus), a ‘wall-louse’, bug.]
A bed-bug, bug (Cimex lectularius).
1655Moufet & Bennet Health's Improv. (1746) 83 The Smell of a Wantlouse may kill a Child in the Mother's Womb. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Want-Louse, a sort of Insect. Hence in later Dicts. |