buggery n 1: intercourse via the anus, committed by a man with a man or woman [syn: {sodomy}, {buggery}, {anal sex}, {anal intercourse}]
Buggery \Bug"ger*y\, n. [OF. bougrerie, bogrerie, heresy. See {Bugger}.] Unnatural sexual intercourse; sodomy. [1913 Webster]
BUGGERY, crim. law. The detestable crime of having commerce contrary to the order of nature, by mankind with mankind, or with brute beasts, or by womankind with brute beasts. 3 Inst. 58; 12 Co. 36; Dane's Ab. Index, h. t.; Merl. Repert. mot Bestialie. This is a highly penal offence.