Of, appropriate to, or characteristic of a strumpet; resembling (that of) a strumpet.

Of the nature of, or having the characteristics of, a jade; of or pertaining to a jade. Of a person, esp. a woman.

Inclined to make or receive advances; ready, eager, compliant, forward. Obsolete.

having a short heel; figurative wanton.

Phrases. †by these hilts: a form of asseveration. †loose in the hilts: unreliable, conjugally unfaithful. up to the hilt (†hilts): completely…

unchaste, incontinent.

promiscuous; = light-skirted adj.

Worn out, overused; battered, whipped. overscutched housewife n. an ill-treated woman; (perhaps) a prostitute who has been publicly whipped many…

Corrupt, immoral; that defiles or has been defiled; esp. of, relating to, or engaging in illicit sexual activity; unchaste, adulterous, lascivious.

(of a woman) promiscuous; cf. light-skirts, n. light-tailed adj.

Having the character or appearance of a prostitute; sexually promiscuous, lascivious, unchaste. Obsolete.

Of a woman: sexually promiscuous, wanton.

Tail-wagging; also figurative wanton.

‘loose in the hilts’, incontinent, wanton.

= feather-footed, adj.

wearing a loosely-fitting dress; †figurative wanton.

in bad sense (of a woman).

of a woman, loose.

Sometimes euphemistically: Which it is not polite or necessary further to define. a certain age: an age when one is no longer young, but which…

of or belonging to hetæræ.

Originally U.S. (Cf. round heel, n.) Of a woman: sexually promiscuous; giving in easily to demands for sexual intercourse.

colloquial (originally U.S.). Of a woman: sexually promiscuous; behaving in a sexually provocative manner.

Chiefly of a woman: sexually promiscuous, tarty; disreputable. Also occasionally as adv. Cf. tramp, n.1 4b.

colloquial (originally Caribbean). derogatory. Of a person, esp. a woman: sexually promiscuous, licentious. Also: immoral, indecent. Cf. loose, adj.…

colloquial (chiefly British). Of a woman: lewd, sexually promiscuous. Of a woman's clothing, etc.: provocative, revealing, tarty.