bare 
t'al. Km- iheir hiirencas, 1 am sure they never learned 
that of me. 
I'riiu-e. . . . 1,'ulessyou call three tlngerson the ribs inn;-. 
.S/nl/r., 1 Hen. IV., iv. 2. 
Bare contract, in fine, an uueonditional promise or sur- 
render. - Bare Wlndt, nnnt., a wiml that is scant, or too 
much ahead to III! the sails. The bare. () In aft, the 
nude. | Rare. | (lit) Tile un. -overcd or nnhidileii sin-face; 
the body; the sulistiince. (Kare.] 
Von have touched '/ \<TV 1,/t,-,' of truth. Miu-*l,,n. 
TO lay bare, to uncover; c\|mse t., \ie\v or to know- 
ledge, as sometliinu bi'iden or a secret of any kiml. 
Under bare poles (nuu'.i sai<l of a ship with no sail s< t. 
in a gale of wind. =Syn. See mtn. 
bare 1 (bar), r. '. ; pret. and pp. Inircil, ppr. 
Itiii-jti;/. [< ME. bari-ii, < AS. Inn-inn (in comp. 
ibartan), also bcrinn (= OIKl. /nil-nil = Icel. 
ln-ra), make bare, < IMI-I; bare: see Inn-rl, a.} 
1. To make bare; uncover; divest of covering: 
as, to biiri- nne's head or one's breast. 
He l,'if,;l an ancient ak of all her biiiiuhs. llf,i,l,-n. 
That cry . . . that seemed to bare. 
\ notched life ol everj softening veil. 
U'illiiiin Mi:,-ri*. Karthly I'aradise, II. l.v.i. 
2. To disclose ; make manifest ; lay bare : as, 
to ban' the secrets of the grave. [Archaic.] 
bare- (bar). Old preterit of bear' 1 . 
Barea (ba're-ii), H. pi. [Gr., ueut. pi. of <<//!.. 
lia/iia, heavy.] An Aristotelian group of birds. 
corresponding to the Linnean (lull/mi; includ- 
ing the gallinaceous or rasorial birds. 
bareback (bar'bak), n. ninl ii'lr. I. n. I'sing 
or performing on a barebacked horse: as, a 
biiriliiick rider. 
II. adr. On a barebacked home: as, to ride 
bareback. 
barebacked (bar'bakt), <i. Having i he back 
uncovered ; unsaddled, as a horse. 
barebind, . See bear/tine. 
barebone (bar'bon), n. A very lean person. 
[Kare.] 
Here comes lean Jack, here comes bare-bone. 
Shak., 1 Hen. IV., it 4. 
bareboned (bar'bond), a. Having the bones 
bare or scantily covered with flesh; so lean 
that the bones show their forms. 
lint now that fair fresh mirror, dim and old, 
Shows me a bfirelHtneil death by time outworn. 
Shot., Lucrece, 1. 1761. 
barefaced (bar'fast), . 1. With the face un- 
covered ; not masked. 
Then you will play bare-faced. Shak., M. N. D., i. 2. 
2. Undisguised ; unreserved ; without conceal- 
ment; open: in a good or an indifferent sense. 
[Obsolete or archaic in this use.] 
It [Christianity] did not peep in dark corners, . . . but 
with a barefaced confidence it openly proclaimed itself. 
Barrow, Works, II. 418. 
3. Undisguised or open, in a bad sense ; hence, 
shameless; impudent; audacious: as, a bare- 
faced falsehood. 
See the barefaced villain, how he cheats, lies, perjures, 
robs, murders I Sterne, Tristram Shandy, it 17. 
A wretch, . . . guilty of ... barefaced inconstancy. 
GoldJtmith, Citizen of the World, xviii. 
barefacedly (bar'fast-li), adv. In a barefaced 
manner ; without disguise or reserve ; openly ; 
shamelessly ; impudently. 
Some profligate wretches own U too barefacedly. Locke. 
Barefacedlii unjust. Carlyle, Fred, the at, IV. xii. 11. 
barefacedness (bar'fast-nes), M. 1. Openness. 
2. Effrontery; assurance; audaciousness. 
barefit (bar' fit), a. Barefoot or barefooted. 
[Scotch.] 
barefoot (bar'fut), a. and adv. [< ME. bare- 
fote, barfot, < AS. bcerfot (= OFries. berfot = 
D. barrevoet = Icel. berfiettr), < bar, bare, + 
fot, foot.] I. a. Having the feet bare; with- 
out shoes and stockings. 
Going to find a barefoot brother out, 
One of our order. Shak., K. and J., v. 2. 
Blessings on thce, little man, 
Bare.foot boy, with cheek of tan ! 
Whittier, Barefoot Boy. 
II. adr. With the feet bare. 
I must dance barefoot. Shak., T. of the 8., it 1. 
barefooted (bar'fut-ed), a. [< barefoot + -edi.] 
Having the feet bare Barefooted Augustlnlans. 
See AuijuttinitiH.- Barefooted Carmelites. See Cnr- 
melite. 
barege (ba-razh'), n. [< F. barege, so called 
from Rariyes, a watering-place in the Pyrenees. 
See def.] A thin gauze-like fabric for women's 
dresses, usually made of silk and worsted, but, 
in the inferior sorts, with cotton in place of silk. 
In reality bareges were never made in the village from 
which they have their name, the seat of the manufacture 
liein.L: al I'.aunt n s-,u I'.iiiorre iii the Pyrenees. 
baregin, baregine (ba-ra'zhiu), . [< Bareaex 
(see barege), the springs of which yield the sub- 
451 
stance, + -I'M-.] A transparent, gelatinous, 
mucus-like substance, the product of certain 
algffi growing in thermal sulphur-springs, to 
which they impart the flavor and odor of ilesh- 
broth. Ilaregin in itself odorless ami tasteless. It con- 
tains, when dry. from :;o to so per cent, of minrral maun-. 
chiefly silica. The organic matter i ..ntaiu- n -ulplmr ati'l 
from '.> to 1-^ ]n-r rent, of nitrogen. 
bare-gnawnt fbSr'nta), . Onuwed or eaten 
liill'e. >'//(//.'., Le;ir. V, U. 
barehanded (bfn-'lmuMed), . 1. With un- 
covereil liands. 2. Destitute iif means ; with 
no aid but one's own hands: as. he begun life 
hi/r/ li/iinli il. 
bareheaded (biir'hed'ed), . Having the head 
uncovered, especially as a token of respect. 
Kirst, yon shall swear never to nainr my lord, 
or hear him nam'il hen -a HIT. l>iit '""' -In-ml"/. 
l-'l,l:-l,:',' (,,,,: I Hllll/ll: l".). IJIIeCIl lit I'llrilltll, IV. 1. 
On liein firnt lirouuht Ix-fore the court, Ridlej 
/(,. I,, ml, ,1. l-'<-"i"l>'. Hist. J-iriu'.. \\xiii. 
bareheadedness (bar'hed' l 'ed-nes), . The 
slule of being liareheaded. 
r,in- !> mli'ilnfxx Wiw in Corinth, as also in all lin-.-n- and 
Uome, a token of honour and siiperioritv. 
Hi,. 11,1/1 i;.-in!iins. IL -J.-17. 
barely (bar'li), adr. [< fcdirl +-///-.] 1. Xu- 
kedly; openly; without disguise or conceal- 
ment. 2. Scantily; poorly: as, u man IMH-I-II/ 
clad, or a room burclij furnislied. 3. Only 
just; no move than; with nothing over or to 
spare : as, she is barrly sixteen. 
In paying his debts a man l,n,->'l,i does his duty. 
tiolaniiiiili. Tin' I'n-e, No. :;. 
Fox himself barely succeeded in retaining his seat for 
Westminster. Leckij, Eng. in Isth <'ent., xv. 
4. Merely; only. [Archaic.] 
It is not barely a man's abridgment in his external ac- 
commodations which makes him miserable. Soiil/i. 
baremant (bar'man), n. [Sc., also bail-man; < 
fcnrel + iaw.] A bankrupt. [Scotch.] 
bareness (bar'nes), n. The state of being bare, 
(a) Want or deficiency of clothing or covering ; naked- 
ness. (6) Deficiency of appropriate covering, equipment, 
furniture, ornament, etc.; as, ''old Decemlnr's barens**," 
Sliftk., Sonnets, xcvii. 
To make old bttreiie** picturesque, 
And tuft with grass a feudal tower. 
Tennykon, In Memoriam, cxxviii. 
(e) l.t-aiin. --. [Rare.] (rf) Poverty ; indigence. 
Stript of ... its Priveleges, and made like the primitive 
Church for its Bareness. Smith, Sermons, I. 229. 
bare-picked (bar'pikt), . Picked bare; 
stripped of all flesh, as a bone. 
The bare-picked bone of majesty. Slutk., K. John, iv. 3. 
bare-pump (bar'pump), . A pump for drawing 
licpuor from a cask: used in vinegar-works, 
wine- and beer-cellars, in sampling, etc. Also 
called bar-pump. 
bare-ribbed (bar'ribd), a. With bare ribs like 
a skeleton: as, "bare-ribbed death," Sltak., K. 
John, v. 2. 
bares, . Plural of baris, 1. 
baresark (bar'sark), . [< bare 1 + sark; a 
lit. translation of berserker, Icel. berserkr, in 
the supposed sense of ' bare shirt ' ; but see 
berserker.'] A berserk or berserker. 
Many of Harold's brothers in arms fell, and on his own 
ship every man before the mast, except his band of Bare- 
Karka, was either wounded or slain. Edinburgh Rev. 
baresark (bar'sark), adv. In a shirt only; 
without armor. 
I will go baresark to-morrow to the war. 
Kingtley, Hereward, p. lisa. 
baresthesiometer (bar-es-the-si-om'e-t6r), . 
[< Gr. fiapof, weight, + acoOrjatf, perception, + 
fitrpov, measure.] An instrument for testing 
the sense of pressure. Also spelled bar&sthe- 
giometer. 
baret, n. See barretf. 
bare-worn (bar'worn), a. Worn bare ; naked : 
as, ''the bare-worn common," Goldsmith, Des. 
Vil. 
barf (barf), M. Same as bargh. 
bar-fee (bar'fe), . In English laic, a fee of 20 
pence, which every prisoner acquitted (at the 
bar) of felony formerly paid to the jailer. 
bar-fish (bar'fish), n. Same as calico-bass. 
bar-frame (bar'fram), n. The frame support- 
ing the ends of the grate-bars in furnaces. 
barful (bar'ful), a. [< bari + -M.} Full of 
obstructions or impediments. [Rare.] 
I'll do my best 
To woo your lady : [Aside] yet, a barful strife .' 
Whoe'er I woo, myself would be his wife. 
Shut., T. N., I. 4. 
bargain (bar'gan), n. [< ME. bargain, bar- 
<l</i/ne, bargeyn, bargen, etc., < OF. bargaine, 
bargaigne = Pr. barganli, bargaiilia = Pg. bar- 
bargain-chop 
i/iinltii = It. iMirgiignfi (Pr. also bitnjitnh = it. 
oargagno), < Ml^. "&raji, "Imri-niiium, a bar- 
gaiii, traffic; cf. bargain, r. Origin unknown ; 
supposed by Die/ and others to be from ML. 
liiirm, a boat, bark, or barge, but evidence is 
wanting.] If. The act of discussing the terms 
of a proposed agreement ; bargaining. 
1 11 L,ivc thrice sii much latnl 
To alij well-'leservillu' fl'ii'ii'l ; 
Hut in the way of htif'jttin. mark ye me, 
I II ravli on the ninth part of a hair. 
,s7,t.. 1 Hen. IV., iii, |. 
2f. A contention or contest for the inastery or 
upper hand; a struggle. 
On l!ruduaide the lirtt.-i- of that liloudi.- li/r,,/,,,, ,.|,i 
H'lirnrr, Albion's Knt:., XIV. XI'. :!:.. (.V. K. !>.} 
3. A contract or an agreement between two or 
more parties; a compact settling that some- 
thing shall be dune; spccilicnlly. a contract by 
which one party binds himself tn transfer the 
right to some property for a consideration, uml 
the other party bimls himself to receive the 
property and pay the consideration. 
To clap this nival Inn-win up of peace. 
.V/.-l/.., K. John, iii. 1. 
/.'".>. I'.ut if Jim do refuse to marry me, 
Vou 11 ^ive >ourself to this m,.st faithful shi'j.hcrtl .' 
/'/'.-. .-o'is the 'Ian-: mi,,. .sVii/4-.. As you Like it. v. I. 
"Our father,' said in lator, "sold their killli for 
x'nthern !4old, and we still lie under the rrproarh of that 
foul IMI ,,,,,,. .\ln,;i"f,i,i. Hist. Rng., vi. 
4. The outcome of an agreement as regards 
one of the parties ; that which is acquired by 
bargaining ; the thing purchased or stipulated 
for : as, look at my Ixiri/iiiii ; a bad bargain ; " a 
losing bari/tiiit," .inniiis, Letters, v. 
She was too fond of her most filthy banjaiii. 
Slink., Othello, v. 2. 
5. Something bought or sold at a low price ; 
an advantageous purchase. 
If you have a taste for paintings, egad, you shall have 
'em a bargain. Sheridan, School for Scandal, III. 3. 
Bargain and Bale, or, more fully, deed of bargain and 
sale, in late, the form of deed now in common use for the 
conveyance of land ; BO called because it is expressed as a 
sale for a pecuniary consideration agreed on, being thus 
distinguished on the one hand from a quitclaim, which is 
a release, and on the other hand from the old conveyance 
by covenant to stand seized to uses. Dutch or wet bar- 
gain, a bargain sealed by the parties drinking over It. 
Into the bargain, over and aliove what is stipulated ; 
moreover ; besides. 
Faith, Charles, this is the most convenient thing yon 
could have found for the business, for 'twill serve not only 
as a hammer, but a catalogue into the bargain. 
Sheridan, School for Scandal, Iv. 1. 
To beat a bargain, to bargain ; haggle. To buy at a 
bargain, to buy cheaply. To buy the bargain dear*, 
tu pay dearly for a thing. To make the best of a bad 
bargain, to do the best one can in untoward circum- 
stances. 
I am sorry for thy misfortune ; however, we must make 
the bett ufa bad bargain. Arbuthnot, Hist, of John Bull. 
To sell a bargain', to entrap one into asking innocent 
questions, so as to give an unexpected answer, usually a 
coarse or indelicate one. 
The boy hath sold him a bargain. Shak., L. L. L., lit 1. 
I see him ogle still, and hear him chat ; 
Selling facetious bargains, and propounding 
That witty recreation call'd dumfouuding. 
Dryden, Prol. to Prophetess. I. 40. 
No maid at court is less asham'd, 
Howe'er for selling bargains fam'd. Sirift. 
To strike a bargain, to complete or ratify a bargain 
or an agreement, originally by striking or Bhaking hands. 
Syn. 3. Covenant, mutual engagement, 
bargain (biir'gan), r. [< ME. bargaincii, bargaij- 
nen, etc., < OF. bargaigner (F. bargiiigner) = Pr. 
Pg. barganhur = It. bargagnare, < ML. barctt- 
niare, traffic, trade, < 'barcania, traffic: see the 
noun.] I. intrang. 1. To treat about a trans- 
action ; make terms. 
The thrifty state will bargain ere they tight. Drytlen. 
2. To come to or make an agreement ; stipu- 
late; make or strike a bargain: with a person. 
for an object: as, he bargained with the pro- 
ducers/or a daily supply. 
So worthless peasants bargain for their wives 
As market-men /or oxen, sheep, or horse. 
Shak., 1 Hen. VI., v. 5. 
I alighted, and having bargained tcith my host for 20 
crownes a moneth, 1 caused a good fire to be made In my 
chamber. Evelyn, Diary, >'ov. 4, 1644. 
II. trans. 1. To arrange beforehand by nego- 
tiation and agreement. 
'Tis bargain'd . . . 
That she shall still be curst in company. 
Shak., T. of the S., U. 1. 
2t. To agree to buy or sell. -To bargain away, 
to part with or lose as the result of a bargain. 
The heir . . . had somehow bargained away the estate. 
George Eliot, Felix Holt, Int. 
bargain-chop (bar'gan-chop), . A kind of 
gambling " option " on opium to arrive, formerly 
common among foreign traders in China. 
