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Found 3 hits - Term: baldness, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
baldness \bald"ness\, n.
   the state or condition of being bald; as, baldness of the
   head; baldness of style.
   1913 webster

         this gives to their syntax a peculiar character of
         simplicity and baldness.                 --w. d.
                                                  whitney.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
baldness
     n : the condition of having no hair on the top of the head syn:
          phalacrosis
see also:
phalacrosis 
[3] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
baldness
   from natural causes was uncommon 2 kings 2:23; isa. 3:24. it
   was included apparently under "scab" and "scurf," which
   disqualified for the priesthood lev. 21:20. the egyptians were
   rarely subject to it. this probably arose from their custom of
   constantly shaving the head, only allowing the hair to grow as a
   sign of mourning. with the jews artificial baldness was a sign
   of mourning isa. 22:12; jer. 7:29; 16:6; it also marked the
   conclusion of a nazarite's vow acts 18:18; 21:24; num. 6:9. it
   is often alluded to micah 1:16; amos 8:10; jer. 47:5. the jews
   were forbidden to follow the customs of surrounding nations in
   making themselves bald deut. 14:1.
   


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