You have touched the very bare of naked truth.
Marston.
2. (Arch.) That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.
Bare, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bared(bârd); p. pr. & vb. n. Baring.] [AS. barian. See Bare, a.] To strip off the covering of; to make bare; as, to bare the breast.
Bare. Bore; the old preterit of Bear, v.
Bare"back` (bâr"bk`), adv. On the bare back of a horse, without using a saddle; as, to ride bareback.
Bare"backed` (-bkd`), a. Having the back uncovered; as, a barebacked horse.
Bare"bone` (bâr"bn`), n. A very lean person; one whose bones show through the skin. Shak.
Bare"faced` (bâr"fst`), a. 1. With the face uncovered; not masked. "You will play barefaced." Shak.
2. Without concealment; undisguised. Hence: Shameless; audacious. "Barefaced treason." J. Baillie.
Bare"faced`ly, adv. Openly; shamelessly. Locke.
Bare"faced`ness, n. The quality of being barefaced; shamelessness; assurance; audaciousness.
Bare"foot (bâr"ft), a. & adv. With the feet bare; without shoes or stockings.
Bare"foot`ed, a. Having the feet bare.
||Ba*rége" (&?;), n. [F. barége, so called from Baréges, a town in the Pyrenees.] A gauzelike fabric for ladies' dresses, veils, etc. of worsted, silk and worsted, or cotton and worsted.
Bare"hand`ed (&?;), n. Having bare hands.
{ Bare"head`ed (&?;), Bare"head }, a. & adv. Having the head uncovered; as, a bareheaded girl.
Bare"legged` (&?;), a. Having the legs bare.
Bare"ly, adv. 1. Without covering; nakedly.