Bald, a.
a. [O. Eng. balled, balled, ballid, perhaps the p. p. of to ball, to reduce to the roundness or smoothness of a ball, by clearing away the hair. But cf. also Sp. & Pg. baldo, baldio, bare; Sp. & Pg. baldar, to cripple; W. moel, Arm. moal, Gael. & Ir. maol, bald.]
Sense 1. Destitute of the natural or common covering, as of hair, feathers, foliage, trees, &c.; as, a bald man, a bald eagle, a bald oak.
On the bald top of an eminence. Wordsworth.
Sense 2. Destitute of suitable ornament; unadorned; inelegant; literal. “In the preface to his own bald translation.” Dryden.
[He] narrated the circumstances in the baldest manner. Mackay.
Sense 3. Destitute of dignity or value; mean; base. [Obs.] “They stand bald before him.” Shak.
Sense 4. (Agric.) Destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald wheat. Gardner.