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Webster 1913 Edition


Bawdry

Bawd′ry

,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bawdry

BAWD'RY

,
Noun.
[See Bawd.] The abominable practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust.
1.
Obscenity; filthy, unchaste language.