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ˈsheep-louse
Also † sheep's louse: see sheep n. 9.
[Cf. G. schaflaus, Du. schaapsluis.]
A louse, Trichodectes sphærocephalus, which infests the wool of sheep. Also = sheep-tick.
c1440Promp. Parv. 445/1 Schepys lowce, pego, askarida. 1530Palsgr. 266/2 Schepes louce, pov de movton.
14..Nom. in Wr.-Wülcker 706/29 Hec ascarida, a scheplows. 1523–34Fitzherb. Husb. §44 Brome salue..shal..kyll the shepe lyce, and it shall not hurte the woll. 1688Holme Armoury ii. ix. 190/1 Insects... Such as have no Wings, but eight Feet, as..Sheep Louse. 1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xxxiv. III. 473 Melophagus, the sheep-louse. 1844H. Stephens Bk. Farm II. 152 Both these vermin are destroyed by the same means as the sheep-louse. |