Dictionary: BARD – BARE'NESS

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BARD, n.

The trappings of a horse.

BARD'ED, a.

In heraldry, caparisoned. Encyc.

BAR-DES'A-NISTS, n.

A sect of heretics, who sprung from Bardesanes, of Edessa, in Mesopotamia, in the 2d century, who taught that the actions of men depend on fate, to which God himself is subject. His followers went farther, and denied the incarnation of Christ and the resurrection. Encyc.

BARD'IC, a.

Pertaining to bards, or to their poetry. Owen.

BARD'ISH, a.

Pertaining to bards; written by a bard.

BARD'ISM, n.

The science of bards; the learning and maxims of bards. Owen

BARE, a. [Sax. bar or bær; Sw. and Dan. bar; G. bar. This word is from opening, separating, stripping. In Ch. Syr. and Sam. באר signifies to open, or explain; Ar. to dig; also ברר is to separate, to purify. Ch. Syr. בור to lay waste; Ar. id.]

  1. Naked; without covering; as, the arm is bare; the trees are bare.
  2. With the head uncovered, from respect. Clarendon.
  3. Plain; simple; unadorned; without the polish of refined manners. Spenser.
  4. Laid open to view; detected; no longer concealed. Milton.
  5. Poor; destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished. Hooker. Dryden. I have made Esau bare. Jer. xlix.
  6. Alone; unaccompanied. Shak. South.
  7. Thread-bare; much worn. Shak.
  8. Wanting clothes; or ill supplied with garments. Johnson. Under bare poles, at sea, signifies having no sail set. Mar. Dict. It is often followed by of; as, the country is bare of money. Locke.

BARE, v.

the old preterit of bear, now bore.

BARE, v.t. [Sax. abarian. See Bare, adj.]

To strip off the covering; to make naked; as, to bare the breast. Bacon. Pope.

BARE'BONE, n. [See Bone.]

A very lean person.

BARE'BON-ED, a.

Lean, so that the bones appear, or rather, so that the bones show their forms. Shak.

BAR'ED, pp.

Made bare; made naked.

BARE'FA-CED, a. [See Face.]

  1. With the face uncovered; not masked. Shak.
  2. Undisguised; unreserved; without concealment; hence, shameless; impudent; audacious; as, a barefaced falsehood.

BARE'FA-CED-LY, adv.

Without disguise or reserve; openly; impudently.

BARE'FA-CED-NESS, n.

Effrontery; assurance; audaciousness.

BARE'FOOT, a. [See Foot.]

With the feet bare; without shoes and stockings. 2 Sam. xv. Isaiah xx.

BARE'FOOT, a. [or adv.]

With the feet bare; as, to dance barefoot. Shak.

BARE'FOOT-ED, a.

Having the feet bare.

BARE'GNAWN, a. [See Gnaw.]

Eaten bare. Shak.

BARE'HEAD-ED, a. [See Head.]

Having the head uncovered, either from respect or other cause. Bacon. Dryden.

BARE'HEAD-ED-NESS, n.

State of being bareheaded.

BARE'LEG-GED, a.

Having the legs bare. Burton.

BARE'LY, adv.

Nakedly; poorly; indigently; without decoration; merely; only; without any thing more; as, a prince barely in title. Barret. Hooker.

BARE'NECK-ED, a.

Having the neck uncovered; exposed. Shak.

BARE'NESS, n.

Nakedness; leanness; poverty; indigence; defect of clothes, or the usual covering. Shak. South.