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Ba*va"ri*an (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to Bavaria. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of Bavaria.

Bavarian cream. See under Cream.

Bav"a*roy (&?;), n. [F. Bavarois Bavarian.] A kind of cloak or surtout. [Obs.] Johnson.

Let the looped bavaroy the fop embrace. Gay.

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Ba"vi*an (b"v*an), n. [See Baboon.] A baboon.

Bav"in (bv"n), n. [Cf. Gael. & Ir. baban tuft, tassel.] 1. A fagot of brushwood, or other light combustible matter, for kindling fires; refuse of brushwood. [Obs. or Dial. Eng.]

2. Impure limestone. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

Baw*bee" (&?;), n. [Perh. corrupt. fr. halfpenny.] A halfpenny. [Spelt also baubee.] [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

Baw"ble (&?;), n. A trinket. See Bauble.

Baw"bling, a. Insignificant; contemptible. [Obs.]

Baw"cock (&?;), n. [From F. beau fine + E. cock (the bird); or more prob. fr. OF. baud bold, gay + E. cock. Cf. Bawd.] A fine fellow; -- a term of endearment. [Obs.] "How now, my bawcock ?" Shak.

Bawd (&?;), n. [OE. baude, OF. balt, baut, baude, bold, merry, perh. fr. OHG. bald bold; or fr. Celtic, cf. W. baw dirt. Cf. Bold, Bawdry.] A person who keeps a house of prostitution, or procures women for a lewd purpose; a procurer or procuress; a lewd person; -- usually applied to a woman.

Bawd, v. i. To procure women for lewd purposes.

Bawd"i*ly (&?;), adv. Obscenely; lewdly.

Bawd"i*ness, n. Obscenity; lewdness.

Bawd"rick (&?;), n. A belt. See Baldric.

Bawd"ry (&?;), n. [OE. baudery, OF. bauderie, balderie, boldness, joy. See Bawd.] 1. The practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust.

2. Illicit intercourse; fornication. Shak.

3. Obscenity; filthy, unchaste language. "The pert style of the pit bawdry." Steele.

Bawd"y, a. 1. Dirty; foul; -- said of clothes. [Obs.]

It [a garment] is al bawdy and to-tore also. Chaucer.

2. Obscene; filthy; unchaste. "A bawdy story." Burke.

Baw"dy*house` (&?;), n. A house of prostitution; a house of ill fame; a brothel.

Baw"horse` (&?;), n. Same as Bathorse.

Bawl (bl), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bawled (bld); p. pr. & vb. n. Bawling.] [Icel. baula to low, bellow, as a cow; akin to Sw. böla; cf. AS bellan, G. bellen to bark, E. bellow, bull.] 1. To cry out with a loud, full sound; to cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; to shout; to vociferate.

2. To cry loudly, as a child from pain or vexation.

Bawl, v. t. To proclaim with a loud voice, or by outcry, as a hawker or town-crier does. Swift.