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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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"Bald" Quotes from Famous Books

... most amusing to me, as a spectator, to see the shadow of Brokenribs flit rapidly past, and still better perhaps to see it followed by that of Mr. Cape, with bald head and uplifted cane. When this entertainment had lasted some time I heard a great banging of doors, and Brokenribs issued from the house, rushing like a hunted deer the whole length of the playground. "Cape's after me!" he said. "Where shall I hide?" ...

— Philip Gilbert Hamerton • Philip Gilbert Hamerton et al

... is a very poor piece; its conclusion is singularly bald. We hear nothing more of the self-sacrifice of Macaria, after it is over: as the determination seems to have cost herself no struggle, it makes as little impression upon others. The Athenian king, Demophon, does not return again; neither does Iolaus, the companion of Hercules and guardian of his ...

— Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature • August Wilhelm Schlegel

... once said before them all; "you'll bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave; you will, indeed." And then he put up his fat hand, and gently stroked the white expanse of his bald pate. But that was a ...

— The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson - By One of the Firm • Anthony Trollope

... more closely at the personality of the greatest Duke of Rouen. William the Bastard has been described[16] as tall and very stout, fierce of visage, with a high, bald forehead, and, in spite of his great corpulence, of extreme dignity, whether on his throne or in the field. The strength of his arms, for which he was famous, was proved very early, when the chivalry of France went down before his boyish lance at ...

— The Story of Rouen • Sir Theodore Andrea Cook

... climbed in the cars ahead of pale, helpless girls; an old lady clung to the unwilling arm of a convict-faced son; and a little newsboy cried brokenheartedly in the gutter. Tiny girls wrestled with bundles of papers; a bald magnate cursed his chauffeur for refusing to run down a dog and save time; and a policeman chased half a dozen naked urchins who were puddling in City Hall Fountain. When one is tired these things jar on him. The telegraph still ticked in Evan's ear; the valleys still stretched before his imagination. ...

— A Canadian Bankclerk • J. P. Buschlen

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