naked (adj.)
defenceless, undefended, unarmed
2H6 III.ii.234[King to all] he but naked, though locked up in steel, / Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted
3H6 V.iv.42[Prince to all, of the effect of the Queen's words on a coward] make him, naked, foil a man at arms
Cor I.x.20[Aufidius to First Soldier] Nor sleep nor sanctuary, / Being naked, sick, ... shall lift up / Their rotten privilege and custom 'gainst / My hate to Martius
Cym V.v.4[Cymbeline to all, of the soldier] whose naked breast / Stepped before targes of proof
H8 III.ii.457[Wolsey to Cromwell, of God] He would not in mine age / Have left me naked to mine enemies
KJ II.i.387[Bastard to King John and King Philip, of the men of Angiers] till unfenced desolation / Leave them as naked as the vulgar air
Oth V.ii.256[Othello to Gratiano] Or naked as I am I will assault thee
R2 I.ii.31[Duchess of Gloucester to John of Gaunt] Thou showest the naked pathway to thy life
Tim II.i.31[Senator to Caphis, of Timon] When every feather sticks in his own wing, / Lord Timon will be left a naked gull
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