Bawd"ry (?), n. [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.