Part 527

Under bare poles (Naut.), having no sail set.

Bare, n. 1. Surface; body; substance. [R.]

You have touched the very bare of naked truth. Marston.

2. (Arch.) That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.

Bare, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bared(bârd); p. pr. & vb. n. Baring.] [AS. barian. See Bare, a.] To strip off the covering of; to make bare; as, to bare the breast.

Bare. Bore; the old preterit of Bear, v.

Bare"back` (bâr"bk`), adv. On the bare back of a horse, without using a saddle; as, to ride bareback.

Bare"backed` (-bkd`), a. Having the back uncovered; as, a barebacked horse.

Bare"bone` (bâr"bn`), n. A very lean person; one whose bones show through the skin. Shak.

Bare"faced` (bâr"fst`), a. 1. With the face uncovered; not masked. "You will play barefaced." Shak.

2. Without concealment; undisguised. Hence: Shameless; audacious. "Barefaced treason." J. Baillie.

Bare"faced`ly, adv. Openly; shamelessly. Locke.

Bare"faced`ness, n. The quality of being barefaced; shamelessness; assurance; audaciousness.

Bare"foot (bâr"ft), a. & adv. With the feet bare; without shoes or stockings.

Bare"foot`ed, a. Having the feet bare.

||Ba*rége" (&?;), n. [F. barége, so called from Baréges, a town in the Pyrenees.] A gauzelike fabric for ladies' dresses, veils, etc. of worsted, silk and worsted, or cotton and worsted.

Bare"hand`ed (&?;), n. Having bare hands.

{ Bare"head`ed (&?;), Bare"head }, a. & adv. Having the head uncovered; as, a bareheaded girl.

Bare"legged` (&?;), a. Having the legs bare.

Bare"ly, adv. 1. Without covering; nakedly.

2. Without concealment or disguise.

3. Merely; only.

R. For now his son is duke. W. Barely in title, not in revenue. Shak.

4. But just; without any excess; with nothing to spare ( of quantity, time, etc.); hence, scarcely; hardly; as, there was barely enough for all; he barely escaped.

Bare"necked` (&?;), a. Having the neck bare.

Bare"ness, n. The state of being bare.

Bare"sark (&?;), n. [Literally, bare sark or shirt.] A Berserker, or Norse warrior who fought without armor, or shirt of mail. Hence, adverbially: Without shirt of mail or armor.

Bar"fish` (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) Same as Calico bass.