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Not chaste; not continent; lewd. -- Un*chaste"ly, adv. -- Un*chaste"ness, n.

Obscenity; filthy, unchaste language. "The pert style of the pit bawdry." Steele.

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

A light or unchaste woman. Sir W. Scott.

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.

from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste; -- often applied to fallen women. Man is frail, and prone to evil. Jer. Taylor.

Unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as, impure language or ideas. "Impure desires." Cowper.

ing the passions or appetites, particularly the sexual appetite; indulging unlawful lust; unchaste; lewd.

Unchaste; -- applied to a woman. L'Estrange.

Wanton; unchaste; as, a woman of light character. A light wife doth make a heavy husband. Shak.

Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman. Loose ladies in delight. Spenser.

Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals. Shak. Slippery elm. (Bot.) (a) An American tree (Ulmus fulva) with a mucilagenous and slightly aromatic inner bark which is sometimes used medicinally; also, the inner bark itself. (b) A malvaceous shrub (Fremontia Californica); -- so called on the Pacific coast.

The quality or state of being unchaste; lewdness; incontinence.

bling a whore in character or conduct; addicted to unlawful pleasures; incontinent; lewd; unchaste. -- Whor"ish*ly, adv. -- Whor"ish*ness, n.