English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Bawd
(n.)
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.
Bawdily
(adv.)
Obscenely; lewdly.
Bawdiness
(n.)
Obscenity; lewdness.
Bawdrick
(n.)
A belt. See Baldric.
Bawdry
(n.)
The practice of procuring women for the gratification of
lust.
Bawdry
(n.)
Illicit intercourse; fornication.
Bawdry
(n.)
Obscenity; filthy, unchaste language.
Bawdy
(a.)
Dirty; foul; -- said of clothes.
Bawdy
(a.)
Obscene; filthy; unchaste.
Bawdyhouse
(n.)
A house of prostitution; a house of ill fame; a
brothel.
Bawhorse
(n.)
Same as Bathorse.
Bawl
(v. i.)
To cry loudly, as a child from pain or vexation.
Bawl
(n.)
A loud, prolonged cry; an outcry.
Bawl
(v. t.)
To proclaim with a loud voice, or by outcry, as a hawker
or town-crier does.
Bawl
(v. i.)
To cry out with a loud, full sound; to cry with vehemence,
as in calling or exultation; to shout; to vociferate.
Bawled
(imp. & p. p.)
of Bawl
Bawler
(n.)
One who bawls.
Bawling
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Bawl
Bawn
(n.)
A large house.