i Register
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noun
One who keeps a brothel, or procures women for prostitution; a procurer or madam.
Of late in the Park, a fair fancy was seen / Betwixt an old Baud and a lusty young Quean, / Their parting of Money began the uproar, / I'll have half says the Baud, but you shan't says the Whore
As Whores decay'd and past their Labours, / Turn Bawds, and so assist their Neighbours.
A person who facilitates an immoral act, especially one of a sexual nature.
In ſaying this thou wrongſt me Gaueſton, / Iſt not enough that thou corrupts my Lord, / And art a Bawd to his affections, / But thou muſt call mine honour thus in queſtion?
A lewd person.
adj
Joyous; riotously gay.
verb
To procure women for lewd purposes.