[f. BALD a.] One who has a bald head; also attrib.; transf. a kind of pigeon.

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1535.  Coverdale, 2 Kings ii. 23. Come vp here thou balde heade [Wyclif, ballard].

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1820.  Keats, Lamia, II. 245. The bald-head philosopher.

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1821.  Byron, Foscari, III. i. 244. Held in the bondage of ten bald-heads.

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1867.  Tegetmeier, Pigeons, xi. 123. A pair of common Tumblers … such as Bald-heads.

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