Louse

Webster's Practical Dictionary- A Practical Dictionary of the Englih Language · 1884 · p. 244

lows, n.;pl. Lice, lis. A wingle , blood suck with ing insect, of several species, parasitic upon men, etc. animals, and birds.— Lous'y, lowz'T, a. Swarming con with lice; infested with lice. — Lousine , n.