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hog-louse
ˈhog-louse [f. hog n.1 (in reference to its shape) + louse.] The woodlouse, Oniscus asellus.1587 L. Mascall Govt. Cattle (1627) 15 A small red worme, round, and full of legges, much like a hogge lowse. 1605 B. Jonson Volpone v. ii, He Will crumpe you, like a hog⁓louse, with the touch. 1743 T. Lord i...
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Hog louse
Hog louse may mean:
Hog louse, Haematopinus suis, a large parasitic louse living on the skin of domestic swine
Hog-louse or water hog-louse, applied to freshwater isopod crustaceans in the family Asellidae
Hog-louse or woodlouse, any of the many species of terrestrial isopod crustaceans in the suborder
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clarissimo
‖ claˈrissimo Obs. [It. superlative of claro clear, illustrious:—L. clārissimus ‘most illustrious,’ a title of honour.] A Venetian grandee; a magnifico, a magnate.1605 B. Jonson Volpone v. ii, But your Clarissimo, old Round-back, he Will crump you, like a Hog-louse, with the touch. 1611 Coryat Crudi...
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Woodlouse
Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, England)
doodlebug (also used for the larva of an antlion and for the cockchafer)
gramersow (Cornwall, United Kingdom)
hog-louse
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wood-louse
wood-louse (ˈwʊdlaʊs) Pl. wood-lice (-laɪs). [f. wood n.1 + louse n.] 1. A small isopod crustacean of the genus Oniscus or family Oniscidæ; esp. the common species O. asellus, found in old wood, under stones, etc., and having the property of rolling itself up into a ball; also called † cheeselip, ho...
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crump
▪ I. † crump, a.1 and n.1 Obs. Also 7 cromp. [OE. crump = OHG. chrumph, MHG. krumpf, a by-form, prob. intensive, of OE. crumb, OHG. chrumb (see crumb a.), which has largely supplanted the simpler form. There is however a long gap in the history during the ME. period, and it is possible that the 16th...
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swine
swine (swaɪn) Pl. swine. Forms: sing. and pl. 1–4 swin, 1–6 swyn, 4–5 suyn, 4–7 swyne, (4 suine, swiyn, squine, Ayenb. zuyn, 4–5 squyne, 5 swyyn, swyyne, sweyne, sqwyne, 6 suyne, swyin, swyen, 7 sweyn, shwine), 5– swine. pl. in -s. 5 swynes, 6, 8–9 swines. [Common Teutonic: OE. sw{iacu}n str. n. = O...
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mole
▪ I. mole, n.1 (məʊl) Forms: 1 maal, mál, 5 mool, 6 moole, 6–7 moll, moale, 7 molle, moal, 9 Sc. dial. maele, mail, 4– mole. [OE. mál ? neut., corresp. to OHG. meil neut., meila str. and wk. fem. (MHG. meil neut., meile str. and wk. fem.), Goth. mail neut.] † 1. A discoloured spot, esp. on cloth, li...
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pig
▪ I. pig, n.1 (pɪg) Forms: 3–7 pigge, 4–6 pygge, 5 pygg, 5–8 pigg, 6 pyg, (7 bigg), 6– pig. [Early ME. pigge:—prob. OE. *picga, *pigga. Etymology obscure. In formation, *picga wk. masc. corresponds to other animal names, docga, ME. dogge dog, frocga, frogga, ME. frogge frog, hogga, ME. hogge hog. Th...
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round
▪ I. round, n.1 (raʊnd) Forms: α. 4 roonde, 6 Sc. ronde, runde, 9 Sc. roond; 5 rownde, 5–7 rownd; 5–6 rounde (6 rovnde), 6– round (7 rovnd). β. 5–7 rowne, 5 rown, 8–9 dial. roun', roon'. [Partly a. F. rond masc. or ronde fem., and partly absolute uses of round a. Cf. Du. rond, Da. and Sw. rund, G. r...
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sea
▪ I. sea, n. (siː) Forms: 1 sǽ, (2 seo), 2–3 sæ, 2–6 se, see, 4 (Ayenb.) ze, (seo, sse), 4–5 cee, 4–6 Sc. sey, 6 Sc. seye, sie, 2– sea. pl. 1 sǽs, sǽas, sǽ, 4 sen, 4–5 sees, 4–6 (chiefly Sc.) seis, 6 seaes, sease, (saezes), seeis, Sc. seyis, seyes, 6– seas. [Common Teut.: OE. sǽ str. masc. and fem. ...
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