2. Obscene; filthy; unchaste. "A bawdy story." Burke.

Baw"dy*house` (&?;), n. A house of prostitution; a house of ill fame; a brothel.

Baw"horse` (&?;), n. Same as Bathorse.

Bawl (bl), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bawled (bld); p. pr. & vb. n. Bawling.] [Icel. baula to low, bellow, as a cow; akin to Sw. böla; cf. AS bellan, G. bellen to bark, E. bellow, bull.] 1. To cry out with a loud, full sound; to cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; to shout; to vociferate.

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