lousy evil

English

Noun

lousy evil (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Phthiriasis.
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   • 1652, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician, London, 1816:

     The seed bruised mixed with honey, and applied, or made up with wax, takes away the marks and black and blue spots of bruises, or the like, the roughness or scabbiness of the skin, as also the leprosy, and lousy evil.