Har"lot*ry (-r&ybreve;), n.
1. Ribaldry; buffoonery; a ribald story.
[Obs.] Piers Plowman. Chaucer.
2. The trade or practice of prostitution;
habitual or customary lewdness. Dryden.
3. Anything meretricious; as, harlotry
in art.
4. A harlot; a strumpet; a baggage.
[Obs.]
He sups to-night with a harlotry.
Shak.