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.
BAWDY
Bawd"y, a.
1. Dirty; foul; — said of clothes. [Obs.] It 2. Obscene; filthy; unchaste. "A bawdy story." Burke. BAWDYHOUSE Defn: A house of prostitution; a house of ill fame; a brothel. BAWHORSE Defn: Same as Bathorse.
Baw"dy*house`, n.
Baw"horse`, n.