Bareness

State of being bare; nakedne ; leanne ; poverty; defect of clothes. "You barely leave our thorns to prick ourselves, And mock us with our barene ." - Shaks. Bar'entz, or BARENTS, WILLEM, a celebrated Dutch pilot and navigator of the 16th century, who made several voyages toward the North Pole, and discovered the Isles of Spitz bergen. Himself and crew were the first Europe ans who wintered in the Polar regions. D. 1597.