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Webster 1913 Edition

Bald

Bald

(ba̤ld)
,
Adj.
[OE.
balled
,
ballid
, perh. the p. p. of
ball
to reduce to the roundness or smoothness of a ball, by removing hair. √85. But cf. W.
bali
whiteness in a horse’s forehead.]
1.
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.
Wordsworth.
2.
Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal.
In the preface to his own
bald
translation.
Dryden.
3.
Undisguised.
“ Bald egotism.”
Lowell.
4.
Destitute of dignity or value; paltry; mean.
[Obs.]
5.
(Bot.)
Destitute of a beard or awn;
as,
bald
wheat
.
6.
(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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bald

BALD

,
Adj.
bauld.
1.
Destitute of hair, especially on the top and back of the head.
2.
Destitute of the natural covering; as a bald oak.
3.
Without feathers on the head; as a bald vulture.
4.
Destitute of trees on the top; as a bald mountain.
5.
Unadorned; inelegant; as a bald translation.
6.
Mean; naked; base; without dignity or value.
7.
In popular language, open, bold, audacious.
8.
Without beard or awn; as bald wheat.

Definition 2024

bäld

bäld

See also: bald and Bald.

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Noun

bäld ‎(plural bälds)

  1. age

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