·adj Obscene; filthy; unchaste.
II. Bawdy ·adj Dirty; foul;
— said of clothes.
The twenty-third rank of canters, who carry pins, tape, ballads, and obscene books to sell, but live...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A very small bottle; short measure being among the many means used by the keepers of those houses, t...