▪ I. vowtre
obs. f. vulture.
▪ II. † vowtre Obs. rare.
[Aphetic f. avowtre: see adultery.]
Adultery. Also † vowtre v. intr., to commit adultery. † vowtriere, an adulteress. † vowtry, adultery. Obs.
| c 1400 Apol. Loll. 21 And al oþer lawis þat semen to sey, þat man how to curse for crime of *vowtre, þeft, & swilk oþer. |
| Ibid. 87 Þey kepe noiþer clene lif, ne wedding, but..*vowtrand, or doing a-vowtri. |
| a 1400–50 Alexander 4532 To Venus þe *vowtriere may noȝt ells a-vaile. |
| c 1450 Mirk's Festial 72 Synne of lechery and of *vowtrye. Ibid. 201, I haue made mony on to sle men, and forto syn yn lechery and yn vowtry. |