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adjective

Bald adj.

Destitute of the natural or common covering on the head or top, as of hair, feathers, foliage, trees, etc.; as, a bald head; a bald oak. "On the bald top of an eminence."

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

Undisguised. " Bald egotism."

Destitute of dignity or value; paltry; mean. (Obs.)

(Bot.) Destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald wheat.

(Zool.)

(a)

Destitute of the natural covering.

(b)

Marked with a white spot on the head; bald-faced.

Bald buzzard (Zool.), the fishhawk or osprey.

Bald coot (Zool.), a name of the European coot (Fulica atra), alluding to the bare patch on the front of the head.

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Etymology of 'Bald'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Bald" Quotes from Famous Books

... indulgences that the Archbishop had allowed on your books, to allure buyers, old Peter, thumping his bald ...

— The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, • Murat Halstead

... corpulent; he was lame and walked with a labored gait, leaning on a staff. Soon he came so near that they could see him distinctly; he paused, removed his cap and wiped away the perspiration with a handkerchief. He was quite bald far back on the head; he had a round, wrinkled face, small, glittering, blinking eyes, bushy eyebrows, and had lost none of his teeth. When he spoke it was in a sharp, shrill voice, that seemed to be hopping over gravel and stones; but it lingered on an "r" here and there with great ...

— A Happy Boy • Bjornstjerne Bjornson

... was full and almost untrimmed, the hair being grey and white, fine rather than coarse, and wavy or frizzled. His moustache was somewhat disfigured by being cut short and square across. He became very bald, having only a fringe of dark ...

— The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume I • Francis Darwin

... were overrun with lewd women who paid the police for protection and received it. Back of them the politician who controlled all and took the profits. This newspaper arraignment published in January, 1901, tells the bald truth: ...

— The Battle with the Slum • Jacob A. Riis

... to," she laughed. "Father's been ending the summer here ever since I was a little girl. You might take us around Bald Hill," she suggested to the chauffeur. "It is a very pretty drive," she explained, turning to Sam as the machine wheeled, and at the same time waving her hand gaily to the disconsolate Hollis, who was "hard hit" with a different girl ...

— The Early Bird - A Business Man's Love Story • George Randolph Chester

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