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a lewed man to rust. Chaucer. So these great clerks their little wisdom show To mock the lewd, as learn'd in this as they. Sit. J. Davies.

A lewd person. [Obs.] Shak.

Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment.

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.

Obscenely; lewdly.

Obscenity; lewdness.

A lewd man; also, a bully. [Obs.] Dryden.

An opprobrious name for a woman, especially a lewd woman. Pope.

A house of lewdness or ill fame; a house frequented by prostitutes; a bawdyhouse.

Lewdness; obscenity; a brothel. B. Jonson.

Lewdness. [Obs.] Rom. xiii. 13.

Pure in thought and act; innocent; free from lewdness and obscenity, or indecency in act or speech; modest; as, a chaste mind; chaste eyes.

Given to habits of lewdness; prostitute. A dame who herself was common. L'Estrange. Common bar (Law) Same as Blank bar, under Blank. -- Common barrator (Law), one who makes a business of instigating litigation. -- Common Bench, a name sometimes given to the English Court of Common Pleas. -- Common brawler (Law), one…

A lewd woman. [Obs.] Shak.

Of, pertaining, or conducing to, lewdness.

Excess in eating or drinking; intemperance; drunkenness; lewdness; debauchery. The first physicians by debauch were made. Dryden.

One who is given to intemperance or bacchanalian excesses; a man habitually lewd; a libertine.

One who debauches or corrupts others; especially, a seducer to lewdness.

e appetites; especially, excessive indulgence of lust; intemperance; sensuality; habitual lewdness. Oppose . . . debauchery by temperance. Sprat.

Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd. [Obs.] Inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars. Pope. Speak no foul or dishonest words before them [the women]. Sir T. North.