Obs. rare. [a. Du. wandluis or LG., G. wandlaus (cf. MLG., OHG., MHG. wantlus), a ‘wall-louse,’ bug.] A bed-bug, bug (Cimex lectularius).
1655. Moufet & Bennet, Health’s Improv. (1746), 83. The Smell of a Wantlouse may kill a Child in the Mother’s Womb.
1706. Phillips (ed. Kersey), Want-Louse, a sort of Insect. Hence in later Dicts.
