a. and adv. arch. = next.
c. 1320. Song Merci, 75, in E. E. P. (1862), 120. Barched and barefot gan I go.
c. 1485. Digby Myst. (1882), III. 147. Stond bare hed, ye beggars!
1622. Rowlands, Good Newes & Bad N., D 2. But barehead curtesie doth entertaine My worship with What lacke you.
1854. Blackw. Mag., LXXVI. 424. He was obliged, barehead, to seek pardon from the injured party.