The very naked name of love.
Shak.
6. (Bot.) Without pubescence; as, a naked leaf or stem; bare, or not
covered by the customary parts, as a flower without a perianth, a stem
without leaves, seeds without a pericarp, buds without bud scales.
7. (Mus.) Not having the full complement of tones; -- said of a chord
of only two tones, which requires a third tone to be sounded with them
to make the combination pleasing to the ear; as, a naked fourth or
fifth.
Naked bed, a bed the occupant of which is naked, no night linen being
worn in ancient times. Shak. -- Naked eye, the eye alone, unaided by
glasses, or by telescope, microscope, or the like. -- Naked-eyed
medusa. (Zoöl.) See Hydromedusa. -- Naked flooring (Carp.), the
timberwork which supports a floor. Gwilt. -- Naked mollusk (Zoöl.), a
nudibranch. -- Naked wood (Bot.), a large rhamnaceous tree (Colibrina
reclinata) of Southern Florida and the West Indies, having a hard and
heavy heartwood, which takes a fine polish. C. S. Sargent.
Syn. -- Nude; bare; denuded; uncovered; unclothed; exposed; unarmed;
plain; defenseless.
Na"ked*ly, adv. In a naked manner; without covering or disguise;
manifestly; simply; barely.
Na"ked*ness, n. 1. The condition of being naked.