Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language 1. (a.) Destitute of the natural or common covering on the head or top, as of hair, feathers, foliage, trees, etc.; as, a bald head; a bald oak. 2. (a.) Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal. 3. (a.) Undisguised. 4. (a.) Destitute of dignity or value; paltry; mean. 5. (a.) Destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald wheat. 6. (a.) Destitute of the natural covering. 7. (a.) Marked with a white spot on the head; bald-faced.
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