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BARDED p. 2 definitions
Wearing rich caparisons. Fifteen hundred men . . . barded and richly trapped. Stow.
BARDIC a.
Of or pertaining to bards, or their poetry. "The bardic lays of ancient Greece." G. P. Marsh.
BARDIGLIO n.
An Italian marble of which the principal varieties occur in the neighborhood of Carrara and in Corsica. It commonly shows a dark gray or bluish ground traversed by veins.
BARDISH a.
Pertaining to, or written by, a bard or bards. "Bardish impostures." Selden.
BARDISM n.
The system of bards; the learning and maxims of bards.
BARDLING n.
An inferior bard. J. Cunningham.
BARDSHIP n.
The state of being a bard.
BARE a. 11 definitions
Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.
BAREBACK adv.
On the bare back of a horse, without using a saddle; as, to ride bareback.
BAREBACKED a.
Having the back uncovered; as, a barebacked horse.
BAREBONE n.
A very lean person; one whose bones show through the skin. Shak.
BAREFACED a. 2 definitions
With the face uncovered; not masked. "You will play barefaced." Shak.
BAREFACEDLY adv.
Openly; shamelessly. Locke.
BAREFACEDNESS n.
The quality of being barefaced; shamelessness; assurance; audaciousness.
BAREFOOT a.
With the feet bare; without shoes or stockings.
BAREFOOTED a.
Having the feet bare.
BAREGE n.
A gauzelike fabric for ladies' dresses, veils, etc. of worsted, silk and worsted, or cotton and worsted.
BAREHANDED n.
Having bare hands.
BAREHEADED; BAREHEAD a.
Having the head uncovered; as, a bareheaded girl.
BARELEGGED a.
Having the legs bare.
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