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.