v. i. To procure women for lewd purposes. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. baude, OF. balt, baut, baude, bold, merry, perh. fr. OHG. bald bold; or fr. Celtic, cf. W. baw dirt. Cf. Bold, Bawdry. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Obscenely; lewdly. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Obscenity; lewdness. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A belt. See Baldric. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. baudery, OF. bauderie, balderie, boldness, joy. See Bawd. ]
a.
It [ a garment ] is al bawdy and to-tore also. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A house of prostitution; a house of ill fame; a brothel. [ 1913 Webster ]