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<h1>Barebacked</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Bare"backed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the back uncovered; <as>as, a <ex>barebacked</ex> horse</as>.</def>

<h1>Barebone</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Bare"bone`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A very lean person; one whose bones show through the skin.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Barefaced</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Bare"faced`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>With the face uncovered; not masked.</def> "You will play <i>barefaced</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Without concealment; undisguised. Hence: Shameless; audacious.</def> "<i>Barefaced</i> treason."

<i>J. Baillie.</i>

<h1>Barefacedly</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Bare"faced`ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Openly; shamelessly.</def>

<i>Locke.</i>

<h1>Barefacedness</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Bare"faced`ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being barefaced; shamelessness; assurance; audaciousness.</def>

<h1>Barefoot</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Bare"foot</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. & adv.</tt> <def>With the feet bare; without shoes or stockings.</def>

<h1>Barefooted</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Bare"foot`ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the feet bare.</def>

<h1>Bar\'82ge</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Ba*r\'82ge"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>bar\'82ge</ets>, so called from <ets>Bar\'82ges</ets>, a town in the Pyrenees.]</ety> <def>A gauzelike fabric for ladies' dresses, veils, etc. of worsted, silk and worsted, or cotton and worsted.</def>

<h1>Barehanded</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Bare"hand`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Having bare hands.</def>

<h1>Bareheaded, Barehead</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw><hw>Bare"head`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Bare"head</hw><hw>, <tt>a. & adv.</tt> <def>Having the head uncovered; <as>as, a <ex>bareheaded</ex> girl</as>.</def>

<h1>Barelegged</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Bare"legged`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the legs bare.</def>

<h1>Barely</h1> <Xpage=119>

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