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<hw>Loun"ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who lounges; ar idler.</def>

<h1>Loup</h1> <Xpage=871>

<hw>Loup</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Iron Works)</fld> <def>See 1st <er>Loop</er>.</def>

<h1>Loup-cervier</h1> <Xpage=871>

<hw>Loup"-cer`vier"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. Cf. <er>Lusern</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The Canada lynx. See <er>Lynx</er>.</def>

<h1>Loup-loup</h1> <Xpage=871>

<hw>Loup`-loup"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The Pomeranian or Spitz dog.</def>

<h1>Loups</h1> <Xpage=871>

<hw>Loups</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt>; <sing>sing. <singw>Loup</singw></sing>. <ety>[F., prop., a wolf.]</ety> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>The Pawnees, a tribe of North American Indians whose principal totem was the wolf.</def>

<h1>Lour</h1> <Xpage=871>

<hw>Lour</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An Asiatic sardine (<spn>Clupea Neohowii</spn>), valued for its oil.</def>

<h1>Louri</h1> <Xpage=871>

<hw>Lou"ri</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Lory</er>.</def>

<h1>Louse</h1> <Xpage=871>

<hw>Louse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Lice</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>lous</ets>, AS. <ets>l<?/s</ets>, pl. <ets>l<?/s</ets>; akin to D. <ets>luis</ets>, G. <ets>laus</ets>, OHG. <ets>l<?/s</ets>, Icel. <ets>l<?/s</ets>, Sw. <ets>lus</ets>, Dan. <ets>luus</ets>; perh. so named because it is destructive, and akin to E. <ets>lose</ets>, <ets>loose</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Any one of numerous species of small, wingless, suctorial, parasitic insects belonging to a tribe (<spn>Pediculina</spn>), now usually regarded as degraded Hemiptera. To this group belong of the lice of man and other mammals; <as>as, the head <ex>louse</ex> of man (<spn>Pediculus capitis</spn>), the body <ex>louse</ex> (<spn>P. vestimenti</spn>), and the crab <ex>louse</ex> (<spn>Phthirius pubis</spn>), and many others</as>. See <cref>Crab louse</cref>, <cref>Dog louse</cref>, <cref>Cattle louse</cref>, etc., under <er>Crab</er>, <er>Dog</er>, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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 <er>Mallophaga</er>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Any one of the numerous species of aphids, or plant lice. See <er>Aphid</er>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Any small crustacean parasitic on fishes. See <er>Branchiura</er>, and <er>Ichthvophthira</er>.</def>

<note>&hand; The term is also applied to various other parasites; as, the whale <i>louse</i>, bee<i>louse</i>, horse <i>louse</i>.</note>

<cs><col>Louse fly</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a parasitic dipterous insect of the group Pupipara. Some of them are wingless, as the bee louse.</cd> -- <col>Louse mite</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>any one of numerous species of mites which infest mammals and birds, clinging to the hair and feathers like lice. They belong to <spn>Myobia</spn>, <spn>Dermaleichus</spn>, <spn>Mycoptes</spn>, and several other genera.</cd></cs>

<h1>Louse</h1> <Xpage=871>

<hw>Louse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To clean from lice.</def> "You sat and <i>loused</i> him."

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Lousewort</h1> <Xpage=871>

<hw>Louse"wort`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any species of <spn>Pedicularis</spn>, a genus of perennial herbs. It was said to make sheep that fed on it lousy.</def>

<cs><col>Yellow lousewort</col> , <cd>a plant of the genus <spn>Rhinanthus</spn>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Lousily</h1> <Xpage=871>

<hw>Lous"i*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Lousy</er>.]</ety> <def>In a lousy manner; in a mean, paltry manner; scurvily.</def> <mark>[Vulgar]</mark>