balden

verb — 2 senses

balden

verb

Etymology From bald + -en.

1

To make bald

Now Champou's partner was the Court barber, and by the use of a peculiar hair oil which the two of them had concocted, they soon managed to balden the pates of all the male aristocracy of the place.1885, Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, Cobwebs:

2

To become bald

At 65 years old, the top of his head had baldened, but gray patches surrounded his ears.2010, Jordan Belcher, Tre Pound, page 123:

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