bavin1 (bavin)

and a. [E. dial. bavin, bav en, also babbin; of obscure origin; cf. OF. baffe, a bundle.] I. n. 1. A fagot of brushwood; light and combustible wood used for kindling fires. [Now rare.] The Bauin , though it burne bright, is but a blaze. is not used as a noun, and does not have the sense of the E. word. See bawdstrot, and cf. bawdy1, bawdy2.] A procurer or procure ; a person who keeps a house of prostitution, and conducts illicit intrigues: now usually only to women. usually applied He [Pandar us) is named Troilus' bawd. Skelton, Poems, p. 235. I saw my labours, which had cost me so much thought and watching, bawled about by the common hawkers of Grub Street. Swift , Bicker staff Papers.