[Let's Roll]

Same Dictionary defines bald-faced (so think I'll stick to the way I learned it):

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

bald-faced

PRONUNCIATION:	bôldfst
ADJECTIVE:	1. Brash; undisguised: a bald-faced lie. 2. Zoology Having a white face or face markings.

[Brandybux]

FYI

BALD-FACE/FACED (for this sense: 1940s according to Merriam-Webster, ~1650 according to Random House) as used in ‘bald-faced lie’ means undisguised or ‘barefaced.’ And ‘barefaced’ (late 16th century) means having no covering over one’s face (originally, beardless), undisguised, wearing no mask, unconcealed, open, transparent. And not hiding behind a disguise (e.g. like anonymity or a pseudonym on a website) implies some boldness (however, anonymity on a website more often then not is probably just a matter of pure sloth, or sloth disguised – often a.k.a. personal freedom). Extend boldness a bit and you go from brazen, to impudent, to shameless – all of which ‘bald-faced’ has come to mean.< a plain, bald-faced case of highhanded graft—F.B. Gipson> (sources include Merriam-Webster’s Random House Unabridged Dictionaries and The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary)

[nicmarlo]

I don't know if the bald/bold faced lie is in this book (it could be), but you all might be interested in it, I found it an enjoyable read about our language evolution:

Mother Tongue; English & How It Got That Way, by Bill Bryson.....

[sarcasm]

I'll stick with bold-faced.