p. p. [ Perh. p. p. of a verb fr. OF. abaubir to frighten, disconcert, fr. L. ad + balbus stammering. ] Astonished; abashed. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Perh. corrupt. fr. halfpenny. ] A halfpenny.
n. A trinket. See Bauble. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Insignificant; contemptible. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ From F. beau fine + E. cock (the bird); or more prob. fr. OF. baud bold, gay + E. cock. Cf. Bawd. ] A fine fellow; -- a term of endearment. [ Obs. ] “How now, my bawcock ?” Shak. [ 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 ]
v. i. To procure women for lewd purposes. [ 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 ]
n. Same as Bathorse. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
v. t. To proclaim with a loud voice, or by outcry, as a hawker or town-crier does. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A loud, prolonged cry; an outcry. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who bawls. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Ir. & Gael. babhun inclosure, bulwark. ]
n. [ Cf. It. barletta a tree falcon, or hobby. ] A kind of hawk. [ Obs. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]