1. (a.) 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.

2. (a.) Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal.

3. (a.) Undisguised.

4. (a.) Destitute of dignity or value; paltry; mean.

5. (a.) Destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald wheat.

6. (a.) Destitute of the natural covering.

7. (a.) Marked with a white spot on the head; bald-faced.

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