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.
