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BARIES, n.pl. Bare feet (Edb., Gsw. 2000s).Gsw. 1985 Michael Munro The Patter 8:
baries The bare feet: 'I hate walking on lino in my baries.'Edb. 1986:
You'll need to cross the river in your baries.Sc. 1996 Herald 30 Nov 20:
Whether or not you believe the probable myth of how the plant achieved fame, of how the daft Danes tramped through the undergrowth in their baries and got well and truly jammed, their yells alerting the slumbering Scots to the night-time sortie, there is no doubt that the spear thistle holds a major place in the Scottish psyche.Sc. 1997 Scotland on Sunday 23 Nov 6:
The old leather ball was lethal for feet, even if tides of Brazilians playing in their baries were to surface during my childhood.