Part 961

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Bawd</h1> <Xpage=126>

<hw>Bawd</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>baude</ets>, OF. <ets>balt</ets>, <ets>baut</ets>, <ets>baude</ets>, bold, merry, perh. fr. OHG. <ets>bald</ets> bold; or fr. Celtic, cf. W. <ets>baw</ets> dirt. Cf. <er>Bold</er>, <er>Bawdry</er>.]</ety> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Bawd</h1> <Xpage=126>

<hw>Bawd</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To procure women for lewd purposes.</def>

<h1>Bawdily</h1> <Xpage=126>

<hw>Bawd"i*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Obscenely; lewdly.</def>

<h1>Bawdiness</h1> <Xpage=126>

<hw>Bawd"i*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Obscenity; lewdness.</def>

<h1>Bawdrick</h1> <Xpage=126>

<hw>Bawd"rick</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A belt. See <er>Baldric</er>.</def>

<h1>Bawdry</h1> <Xpage=126>

<hw>Bawd"ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>baudery</ets>, OF. <ets>bauderie</ets>, <ets>balderie</ets>, boldness, joy. See <er>Bawd</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Illicit intercourse; fornication.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Obscenity; filthy, unchaste language.</def> "The pert style of the pit <i>bawdry</i>."

<i>Steele.</i>

<h1>Bawdy</h1> <Xpage=126>

<hw>Bawd"y</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Dirty; foul; -- said of clothes.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>It [a garment] is al <b>bawdy</b> and to-tore also. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Obscene; filthy; unchaste.</def> "A <i>bawdy</i> story."

<i>Burke.</i>

<h1>Bawdyhouse</h1> <Xpage=126>

<hw>Baw"dy*house`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A house of prostitution; a house of ill fame; a brothel.</def>

<h1>Bawhorse</h1> <Xpage=126>

<hw>Baw"horse`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Bathorse</er>.</def>

<h1>Bawl</h1> <Xpage=126>

<hw>Bawl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bawled</er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bawling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Icel. <ets>baula</ets> to low, bellow, as a cow; akin to Sw. <ets>b\'94la</ets>; cf. AS <ets>bellan</ets>, G. <ets>bellen</ets> to bark, E. <ets>bellow</ets>, <ets>bull</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To cry out with a loud, full sound; to cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; to shout; to vociferate.</def>