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An instrument for determining the delicacy of the sense of pressure. -- Bar`æs*the`si*o*met"ric, Bar`es*the`si*o*met"ric (#), a.

Barbaric in form or style; as, barbaresque architecture. De Quincey.

Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.

On the bare back of a horse, without using a saddle; as, to ride bareback.

Having the back uncovered; as, a barebacked horse.

A very lean person; one whose bones show through the skin. Shak.

With the face uncovered; not masked. "You will play barefaced." Shak.

Openly; shamelessly. Locke.

The quality of being barefaced; shamelessness; assurance; audaciousness.

With the feet bare; without shoes or stockings.

Having the feet bare.

A gauzelike fabric for ladies' dresses, veils, etc. of worsted, silk and worsted, or cotton and worsted.

Having bare hands.

Having the head uncovered; as, a bareheaded girl.

Having the legs bare.

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

Having the neck bare.

The state of being bare.

A Berserker, or Norse warrior who fought without armor, or shirt of mail. Hence, adverbially: Without shirt of mail or armor.

One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries. "Bearers of burdens." 2 Chron. ii. 18. "The bearer of unhappy news." Dryden.