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Louse
·vt To clean from lice.
II. Louse ·noun Any small crustacean parasitic on fishes. ·see <<Branchiura...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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louse
A gentleman's companion. He will never louse a grey head of his own; he will never live to be old.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Trap
·noun The game of trapball.
II. Trap ·noun A wagon, or other vehicle.
III. Trap ·noun A kind of mo...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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trap
To understand trap; to know one's own interest.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Bark louse
·- An insect of the family Coccidae, which infests the bark of trees and vines.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Flea-louse
·noun A jumping plant louse of the family Psyllidae, of many species. That of the pear tree is Psyll...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sea louse
·- Any one of numerous species of isopod crustaceans of Cymothoa, Livoneca, and allied genera, mostl...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Louse Hall
In Aldersgate Street, near Bridgewater Gardens (Gent. Mag. Lib. XV. 32).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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crab louse
A species of louse peculiar to the human body; the male is denominated a cock, the female a hen.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dead-louse
Vulgar pronunciation of the Dedalus ship of war.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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louse bag
A black bag worn to the hair or wig.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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louse house
The round house, cage, or any other place of confinement.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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louse ladder
A stitch fallen in a stocking.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Trap shooting
·add. ·- Shooting at pigeons liberated, or glass balls or clay pigeons sprung into the air, from a t...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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beau trap
A loose stone in a pavement, under which water lodges, and on being trod upon, squirts it up, to the...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bully trap
A brave man with a mild or effeminate appearance, by whom bullies are frequently taken in.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bum trap
A sheriff's officer who arrests debtors. Ware hawke! the bum traps are fly to our panney; keep a goo...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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man trap
A woman's commodity.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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potatoe trap
The mouth. Shut your potatoe trap and give your tongue a holiday; i.e. be silent. IRISH WIT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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trap sticks
Thin legs, gambs: from the sticks with which boys play at trap-ball.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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clap-trap
An artifice for attracting applause. Used chiefly in theatrical or political language.
The managers...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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grub-trap
A vulgarism for the mouth.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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trap-creel
A basket for catching lobsters.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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wentle-trap
The Scalaria pretiosa, a very elegant univalve shell, much valued by collectors.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Sea wood louse
·- A sea slater.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bear-trap dam
·add. ·- A kind of movable dam, in one form consisting of two leaves resting against each other at t...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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up to trap
Knowing; shrewd. English and American.
Phrenology is a little bit dangerous. It is only fit for an ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.