What does "bald" mean?

Bald: Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal. In the preface to his own bald translation. Dryden.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Undisguised. " Bald egotism." Lowell.
  2. 3.Destitute of dignity or value; paltry; mean. [Obs.]
  3. 4.(Bot.) Destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald wheat.
  4. 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.

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