| BAWDRY | • bawdry n. The practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust. • bawdry n. Illicit intercourse; fornication. • bawdry n. Obscenity; filthy, unchaste language. |
| BEWRAY | • bewray v. (Transitive, archaic) To accuse; malign; speak evil of. • bewray v. (Transitive) To reveal, divulge, or make (something) known; disclose. • bewray v. (Obsolete) To soil or befoul; to beray. |
| BOWERY | • bowery n. Structure with roof for shade but with no walls used for public gatherings. A pavilion. • bowery adj. Sheltered by trees; leafy; shady. • bowery n. (Archaic) In the early settlements of New York State, USA, a farm or estate. |
| BOWYER | • bowyer n. A person who makes or sells bows (for use with arrows). • bowyer n. (Archaic) A person who uses the bow, an archer. • Bowyer prop.n. An English occupational surname for someone who made bows for archery. |
| BRAWLY | • brawly adj. Having or characterised by brawls. • brawly adv. (Scotland) Finely, handsomely. • BRAWLY adj. (US) inclined to brawl. |
| BRAWNY | • brawny adj. Characterized by brawn; muscular, thewy; strong. • brawny adj. Calloused; hardened. • BRAWNY adj. strongly built. |
| BROWNY | • browny adj. Somewhat brown; having a brownish tinge. • Browny prop.n. A nickname of the surname Brown. • BROWNY adj. somewhat brown. |
| BROWSY | • browsy adj. (Archaic) Of an animal: having shaggy or bushy fur or hair. • browsy adj. Covered in vegetation suited for animals to browse; consisting of such vegetation; shrubby, bushy. • browsy adj. Characterized by, or suitable for, casual reading or browsing. |
| BYRLAW | • byrlaw n. (Obsolete) the local customs and laws of a settlement or district. • BYRLAW n. (archaic) a local law dealing with local customs and civil disputes, also BOURLAW. |
| BYWORD | • byword n. A proverb or proverbial expression, common saying; a frequently used word or phrase. • byword n. A characteristic word or expression; a word or phrase associated with a person or group. • byword n. Someone or something that stands as an example (i.e. metonymically) for something else, by having some… |
| BYWORK | • bywork n. Work done in addition to one’s normal duties; subordinate or secondary business; work done on the side. • BYWORK n. work done during leisure time. |
| DAWBRY | • DAWBRY n. (Shakespeare) a crudely artful device, a pretence, also DAUBERY, DAUBRY. |
| OWERBY | • OWERBY adv. (Scots) a little way over, also OVERBY. |
| WARBLY | • warbly adj. Having a warbling quality; tending to warble. • WARBLY adj. voiced in a trilling or quavering manner. |