baringn.
/ˈbɛːrɪŋ/ 1. The action of laying bare or uncovering; the removal of something so as to leave a bare place.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [noun] > stripping or uncovering so as to leave bare
denudation1584
devesting1603
dismantling1611
baringa1616
nudification1855
a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iv. i. 49 Or the baring of my beard. View more context for this quotation
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Baring of trees..the taking away some of the earth over the roots.
1847 Jeffrey in Ld. Cockburn Life II. Let. 187 These barings of the heart should not be shown except to one's other self.
2. concrete. That which is removed in this process; the superficial covering, the top soil.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > [noun] > topsoil
swarth1649
uncallow1787
callow1823
ridding1827
encallow1836
baring1871
kelly1884
1871 S. Sharp in Archæol. XLIII. 120 The baring, as it is called by the quarrymen, consists not only of the natural surface soil, but also of the upper soft bed of ferruginous rock.
1873 Archæol. XLV. 466 Bodies..buried..in pits sunk in the baring.
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