What does "bald" mean?
Bald: Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal. In the preface to his own bald translation. Dryden.
Additional senses
- 2.Undisguised. " Bald egotism." Lowell.
- 3.Destitute of dignity or value; paltry; mean. [Obs.]
- 4.(Bot.) Destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald wheat.
- 5.(Zoöl.) (a) Destitute of the natural covering. (b) Marked with a white spot on the head; bald-faced. Bald buzzard (Zoöl.), the fishhawk or osprey. -- Bald coot (Zoöl.), a name of the European coot (Fulica atra), alluding to the bare patch on the front of the head.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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