Have thought of another burning question: are there any other words that end in -ed, as "naked" does, that are not past tenses of verbs? I can't think of any. Words, that is, that make no sense if you take the "d" or "ed" off the end. You can slake your thirst, and then it is slaked; you can bake your pie, and then it is a baked good. You can spurn your lover, and then he or she is spurned. But "naked" don't work that way; you cannot "nake" (much though you might try!). Are there any other words like it? ending in an -ed that, if removed, creates a non-word?

Let us go in peace to love and serve the board.