Bare

Webster's Practical Dictionary- A Practical Dictionary of the Englih Language · 1884 · p. 42

bar, a. Without covering; naked; with the — v. t. head uncovered; destitute; empty; mere; simple. feast. prob. — v. t. [bared (bard), baring] To strip off the covering of; to make naked. — Eare'ly, -IT, adv. To Only: nearly; nakedly. rally, Bare. The old preterit of bear; now bore. See Bear.