Bald, without hair. Obsolete.

Having no hair on some part of the head where it would naturally grow; hairless.

Proverbial phrases. as bald (bare, black) as a coot; as stupid as a coot (this and the epithet ‘mad coot’ may have originally applied to the Foolish…

bald as to the forehead.

attributive or as adj. = bald, adj. (in various senses).

= bald, adj. bald-headed eagle, the bald eagle.

= bald-pate, n. compounds.

One who has a bald head; also attributive; transferred a kind of pigeon.

Somewhat or a little bald.

figurative. Bald or partially bald.

humorous. Of a person: bald-headed. Cf. polled, adj.1 1. Obsolete.

Consisting of or characterized by individual constituents or parts placed at relatively large intervals; not thick, dense, or bushy. Opposed to thick…

Bald, shaven-headed. Cf. slaphead, n.