naked

a. [ AS. nacod; akin to D. naakt, G. nackt, OHG. nacchot, nahhot, Icel. nökviðr, nakinn, Sw. naken, Dan. nögen, Goth. naqaþs, Lith. nůgas, Russ. nagii, L. nudus, Skr. nagna. √266. Cf. Nude. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Having no clothes on; uncovered; nude; bare; as, a naked body; a naked limb; a naked sword. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having no means of defense or protection; open; unarmed; defenseless; as, naked to invasion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Had I but served my God with half the zeal
I served my king, he would not in mine age
Have left me naked to mine enemies. King Henry VIII., Act iii. sc. 2 (Shakespeare) [ PJC ]

Thy power is full naked. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Behold my bosom naked to your swords. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Unprovided with needful or desirable accessories, means of sustenance, etc.; destitute; unaided; bare. [ 1913 Webster ]

Patriots who had exposed themselves for the public, and whom they saw now left naked. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Without addition, exaggeration, or excuses; not concealed or disguised; open to view; manifest; plain. [ 1913 Webster ]

The truth appears so naked on my side, That any purblind eye may find it out. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

All things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. Heb. iv. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Mere; simple; plain; as, the naked truth. [ 1913 Webster ]

The very naked name of love. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Bot.) Without pubescence; as, a naked leaf or stem; bare, or not covered by the customary parts, as a flower without a perianth, a stem without leaves, seeds without a pericarp, buds without bud scales. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Mus.) Not having the full complement of tones; -- said of a chord of only two tones, which requires a third tone to be sounded with them to make the combination pleasing to the ear; as, a naked fourth or fifth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Naked bed, a bed the occupant of which is naked, no night linen being worn in ancient times. Shak. --
Naked eye, the eye alone, unaided by eyeglasses, or by telescope, microscope, or other magnifying device. --
Naked-eyed medusa. (Zool.) See Hydromedusa. --
Naked flooring (Carp.), the timberwork which supports a floor. Gwilt. --
Naked mollusk (Zool.), a nudibranch. --
Naked wood (Bot.), a large rhamnaceous tree (Colibrina reclinata) of Southern Florida and the West Indies, having a hard and heavy heartwood, which takes a fine polish. C. S. Sargent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Nude; bare; denuded; uncovered; unclothed; exposed; unarmed; plain; defenseless. [ 1913 Webster ]