Har"lot*ry (?), 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.
© Webster 1913.