baldhead, bald head

1. A head which is bald, or destitute of hair. 2. An offensive designation for one affected with baldne . there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head."-2 Kings ii. 23. bald-locust, bald locust, s . [Heb. סָלְעָם ) salgham , sale am , or sal am ), from East Aram לְעַם )salgham, sale am, or sal am ( = consumed. In Sept. Gr. ἀττάκης ( attakēs ); Lat. Vulg. attacus .] A winged and eatable species of locust, not yet properly identified. . and the bald locust after his kind..."-Lev. xi. 22. bald-pate, s. & a. A. As substantive: A "pate," or head, destitute of hair. "Come hither, goodman baldpate ; do you know me?"-Shakesp. Meas.for Meas ., v. 1. B. As adjective : 1. Having a head of this description. 2. Devoid of the accustomed covering of anything. "Nor with Dubartas bridle up the floods, Nor perriwig with snow the baldpate woods." Soame and Dryden: Art of Poetry. bald-pated, a. Having the "pate," or head, destitute of hair. "You baldpated , lying rascal, you must be hooded, must you?"-Shakesp. Meas. for Meas., v. 1.