Part 912

<hw>Bard"ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being a bard.</def>

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<hw>Bare</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bar</ets>, <ets>bare</ets>, AS. <ets>b\'91r</ets>; akin to D. & G. <ets>baar</ets>, OHG. <ets>par</ets>, Icel. <ets>berr</ets>, Sw. & Dan. <ets>bar</ets>, OSlav. <ets>bos<?/</ets> barefoot, Lith. <ets>basas</ets>; cf. Skr. <ets>bh\'bes</ets> to shine <?/.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; <as>as, his body is <ex>bare</ex>; the trees are <ex>bare</ex>.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>With head uncovered; bareheaded.</def>

<blockquote>When once thy foot enters the church, be <b>bare</b>. <i>Herbert.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.</def>

<blockquote><b>Bare</b> in thy guilt, how foul must thou appear ! <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Plain; simple; unadorned; without polish; bald; meager.</def> "Uttering <i>bare</i> truth."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished or scantily furnished; -- used with <i>of</i> (rarely with <i>in</i>) before the thing wanting or taken away; <as>as, a room <ex>bare</ex> of furniture</as>.</def> "A <i>bare</i> treasury."

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Threadbare; much worn.</def>

<blockquote>It appears by their <b>bare</b> liveries that they live by your bare words. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>Mere; alone; unaccompanied by anything else; <as>as, a <ex>bare</ex> majority</as>.</def> "The <i>bare</i> necessaries of life."

<i>Addison.</i>

<blockquote>Nor are men prevailed upon by <b>bare</b> of naked truth. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Under bare poles</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>having no sail set.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Bare</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Surface; body; substance.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>You have touched the very <b>bare</b> of naked truth. <i>Marston.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.</def>

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<hw>Bare</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bared</er>(<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Baring</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>barian</ets>. See <er>Bare</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>To strip off the covering of; to make bare; <as>as, to <ex>bare</ex> the breast</as>.</def>

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<hw>Bare</hw>. <def>Bore; the old preterit of <er>Bear</er>, <tt>v.</tt></def>

<h1>Bareback</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Bare"back`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>On the bare back of a horse, without using a saddle; <as>as, to ride <ex>bareback</ex></as>.</def>