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Rid of certain insects
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delouse
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1918, from de- + louse . First used in reference to World War I armies. Related: Deloused ; delousing .
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Word definitions in WordNet
v. free of lice; "They deloused the prisoners after they liberated the camps"
Usage examples of delouse.
He is rubber-stamped on hands, forehead, and ass, deloused, poked, palpated, named, numbered, consigned, invoiced, misrouted, detained, ignored.
They deloused him and oiled him and gave him a bed in one of the many alcoves surrounding the main temple.
I sent the whole pack of new recruits to Tuchel to be deloused because as room orderly I.
The laundress did the delousing for the women and the second coachman for the men.