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A piece, or plate which forms the back of anything, or which covers the back; armor for the back.

d glue or lime) used by sculptors, builders, and workers in wood or stone, to fill holes, cover defects, or finish a surface.

A half hoop for supporting the cover of a carrier's wagon, awning of a boat, etc.

To furnish or cover with bait, as a trap or hook. A crooked pin . . . bailed with a vile earthworm. W. Irving.

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.

A bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation; also, a bundle of straw Bale of dice, a pair of dice. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; -- formerly used by printers for inking the form, but now superseded by the roller.

An ornamental covering, as of carpet or leather, for a bench or form.

Something resembling a bandage; that which is bound over or round something to cover, strengthen, or compress it; a ligature. Zeal too had a place among the rest, with a bandage over her eyes. Addison.

To pass by the banks of. [Obs.] Shak. To bank a fire, To bank up a fire, to cover the coals or embers with ashes or cinders, thus keeping the fire low but alive.

ots to the ground, which take root and become additional trunks, until it may be the tree covers some acres of ground and is able to shelter thousands of men.

the statute bars my right; the right is barred by time; a release bars the plaintiff's recovery; -- sometimes with up. He barely looked the idea in the face, and hastened to bar it in its dungeon. Hawthorne.

To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.

A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.

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

Having the back uncovered; as, a barebacked horse.

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

Having the head uncovered; as, a bareheaded girl.

Without covering; nakedly.

To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one's heel.