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

Having the head uncovered; as, a bareheaded girl.

ffections, hopes, etc.; as, to live a blank existence; destitute of sensations; as, blank unconsciousness.

One in whom slight wounds give rise to profuse or uncontrollable bleeding.

True blue, genuine and thorough; not modified, nor mixed; not spurious; specifically, of uncompromising Presbyterianism, blue being the color adopted by the Covenanters.

Of or pertaining to a social gypsy or "Bohemian" (see Bohemian, n., 3); vagabond; unconventional; free and easy. [Modern] Hers was a pleasant Bohemian life till she was five and thirty. Blackw. Mag. Artists have abandoned their Bohemian manners and customs nowadays. W. Black. Bohemian chatterer, or Bohemian waxwing (Zo…

To take off the bonnet or cap as a mark of respect; to uncover. [Obs.] Shak.

Free; unrestrained; unconfined. As broad and general as the casing air. Shak.

bjected to the action of heat, as meat over the fire; to be greatly heated, or to be made uncomfortable with heat. The planets and comets had been broiling in the sun. Cheyne.

Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers of nature.

Uncoined gold or silver in the mass.

kind of swindling game or scheme, by means of cards or by a sham lottery. [Written also bunco.] Bunko steerer, a person employed as a decoy in bunko. [Slang, U.S.]

See Buncombe.

An uncouth or disagreable sound of words, owing to the concurrence of harsh letters or syllables. "Cacophonies of all kinds." Pope.

vena porta, The meseræum and the mesentericum, What does he else but cant. B. Jonson That uncouth affected garb of speech, or canting hanguage, if I may so call it. Bp. Sanderson.

A respectful uncovering of the head. He that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks. Fuller.

and decaying remains of some bulky and once comely thing, as a ship; the skeleton, or the uncovered or unfinished frame, of a thing. A rotten carcass of a boat. Shak.

Having no care; not taking ordinary or proper care; negligent; unconcerned; heedless; inattentive; unmindful; regardless. My brother was too careless of his charge. Shak. He grew careless of himself. Steele.

iven to another person, with permission to superscribe what conditions he pleases. Hence: Unconditional terms; unlimited authority.

Action of the brain, whether conscious or unconscious.