Emily Dickinson Lexicon

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.