\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.