a. = prec.; whence Bald-patedness.
1603. Shaks., Meas. for M., V. i. 357. You bald-pated lying rascall.
1606. Day, Isle of Gulls, IV. v. This same baldpated oak.
1818. Scott, Rob Roy, xxxi. A forked, uncased, bald-pated, beggarly-looking scare-crow.
1611. Cotgr., Chauveté, Bauldnesse, bauld-patednesse.