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Show ' 7o CLEAN. v. a. [from the adje@ive.] T lity it often helps digeftion, and excites appetite free from dirt or filth 4. To free from leprofy Their tribes adjulted, clean'd their vig'rous wings An man a circle, man ‘Wheel'd round and round CrLe'aNviLy a fhort eflay adw, [from cleanly. Jing thofe things which Mofes commanded Mark, 1e 4 Thomfon 1In - Cre'aNLINEss. u, /0 [from cleanly. 1 I'reedom from dirt or filth 5. To fcour; to rid of all offenfive things This river the Jews proftered the pope to cleanfe fo they might have what they found Addifon on Italy ~ Ifhall fpeak nothing of the extent of this city the cleanlingfs of its ftreets, nor the beauties of it piazza Cre'anser. 7 /. [clenyene, Sax.] Tha which has the quality of evacuating an foul humours, or digefimg a fore ; a de tergent Addifon z. Neatnefs of drefs; purity; the qualit contrary to negligence and naftinefs If there happens an impofthume, honey, an even honey of rofes, taken inwardly, is a goo Arbutbnot cleanfer The miftrefs thought it either not to deferve, o not to need, any exquifite decking adorning but cleanfinefs EFrom whence the tender fkin affume A fweetnefs above all perfume - ¥rom whence a clean/ingfs remains Incapable of outward ftains havin n Sidney The ftream is fo tranfparent, pure, and clear That, had the felf-enamour'd youth gaz'd here He but the bottom, not his face, had feen. Denb to avoi 2. Perfpicacious ; fharp Michael from Adam's eyes the film remov'd Pull'd-by fome plain but c/eanly country maid Dryden Which that falfe fruit, that promis'd clearer fight Miltor's Paradife Lof Had bred A tun about was every pillar there A polifh'd mirrour fthone not half {o clear Dryden's Faples An ant is a very cleanly infe, and throws cu of her neft all the fmall remains of the corn o which fhe feeds Addifon 2. That which makes cleanlinels In our fantaftick climes, Wit 3. Cheerful ; not clouded with care or an the fai ¢leanly-powder dry their hair 3. Pure ger Prior innocent ; immaculate addrefsful ; artful Yet dreadful in mine ear, though in my choic Not to incur but foon his c/éar afpec Return'd, and gracious purpofe thus renew'd Milton Through his fine handling, and his c/:anly play 4. Free from clou&s; ferene All thofe royal figns had ftole away Spenfer We can fecure ouifelves a retreat by fome cleanl evafion L' Efivange's Fables Amos I will darken the earth ina clear day And the clear fun on his wide watery glaf Milton's Paradife Lofs Gaz'd hot CLE aNLY. adv. [from clean.| Elegantly 5. Without mixture ; pure ; unmingled neatly ; without naftinefs 6 If I do grow: great, I'll leave fack, and liv «cleanly, as a nobleman fhould. 'Shaksfp. Heary V aANNESs. 7 2 [from clean. CL ‘1. Neatnefs ; freedom from filth 2. Eafy exattnefs ; juftnefs ; natural un laboured correétnefs 8 He minded only the clearnefs of his fatire, an Dryden's Fuwenal the cleannefs of expreffion CLEANSE Pope v, a. [clenyian | « Fro . 2. To.purify from. guilt. "The bluenefs of a wound c/eanfeth away evil Proverbs Not all her od'rous tears can cleanfe her. crime The plant alone ‘deforms the happy clime. Dryden 3. To free from noxiods humours by pur clean.sh data import.tsv out README gation €anft thou not'minifter to'a'mind difeas'd And with fome fweet oblivious antidote Cleanfe the ftuff'd bofom of that perilous fuf ‘Which weighs upon the heart Shakefpeare - This oil, combined with its own falt and fugar makes it faponaceous and cleanfing, by which qua no no hid God, wh underftandet all their fecre Haoker The pleafure of right'reafoning is ftill the greater by how much the confequences are more c/ear, an the chains of them more long Burnet's Theory the polluting weed and commonYand.' Prior Milton's Paradife Loft cogitations, they are clear and manifeft Saxon. Cleanfe the pale corps with a religious han Apparent ; manifeft Unt 1. To free from filth or dirt, by wathin or rubbing 12 Fre fro imputed guilt Sidne diftrefs, profecution, o -The cruel corp'ral whifper'd in my ear Five pounds, if rightly tipt, would fet me ‘c/egr Gay 13. Free from deduétions or encumbrancezys Hope if the fuccefs happens to fail, is o 9 Whatever a foreigner, who purchafes land here 14. Unencumbered; without let or hindrance; vacant; unobftructed If he be fo far beyond-his health Methinks he fhould the fooner pay his debts And make a c/ear way to the gods Shakefpeare A poft-boy winding his horn at us, my companion gave him two or three curfes, and left th way clear for him Addijon A clear frage is left for Jupiter to difplay hi omnipotence and turn the fate. of armies alone Pope's Eflay on Homer 15. Out of debt 16. Unentangled ; at a fafe diftance fro any danger or enemy Finding ourfelves too {low of fail, we puton compelled valour, and in the grapple I boarde them : on the inftant they got clear of our-hip Shakefpeare It requires care for a man ‘with a double defig to keep clear of clathing with his own reafonings L'Efprange 17. Canorous ; founding diftinétly, plainly, articulately Quick to underftand ; prompt ; acute Mother of ‘fcience, now I feel thy poweé Within me clear, not only to difcer Things in their caufes, but to trace the way Of higheft agents, deem'd however wife Milton 10. Unfpotted ; ‘guiltlefs ; irreproachable Duncan has been fo c/ear in his great office Skakefpeare Think that the c/eareft gods, who make them honour Of men's impoffibilities, have preferv'd thee Shakefpeare. Repentance fo altereth and changeth, a ma through the mercy of God, be he never fo defiled that it maketh him pure and c/ear I muc approved of my friend's infifting upo _,Addt_@fl Now louder and yet louder rife Pofe And fill with fpreading founds the fkies 18. Free; guiltlefs: with from The hemifphere of earth, in ceareff ken Stretch'd out to th' ampleft reach of profpet lay Milton The cleannefs and purity of one's mind is neve sbetter proved, than in difcovering its own faults a her kindnefs fo prodigally beftowed Hark! the numbers foft and elea Gently fteal upon the ear dark 3. Purity ; innocence ment, would have been more acceptable thay a We pretend to give a clear account how thunde Temple and lightning is produced Many men reafon exceeding clear ‘and rightly Locke who' know not how to make a fyllogifm Through all th' empyrean Sidney one look, in a clear jud the qualifications of a good afpet and a c/ear voice Remain'd to our almighty fo Clear vitory 5 to our part lofs,. and rou but the fine cleannefs of bearing it was delightful Leucippe, of who Perfpicuous ; not obfcure ; not hard t be underftood; not ambiguous 7. Indifputable ; evident ; undeniable He' fhewed no firength in fhaking of his ftaff firft view Sternly he pronounc' The rigid interdi€tion, which refound Perhaps human nature meets few more fweetl relithing and cleanly joys, than thofe that deriv from fuccefsful trials Glanwille 4. Nice klaer not dark Next that fhall mounta n 'fparagus be laid 11. Unprepoflefied; not preoccupied ; ig partial V 1. Bright; tranfpicuous; pellucid; tran{parent; luminous ; without opacity o Sawift from dirtinefs; carefu pure in the perfon Fre filth ‘1 been wholly c/ear of it Lock Statefman, yet friend to truth, in foy] fincere In aétion faithful, and in honour c/ezp p,, gives for it, is fo- much every farthing clear gai to the nation; for that money comes clear in without carrying out any thing for it Lacke I often wifh'd that I had clear For life, fix hundred pounds a-year Swift [clair Fr cloudinefs ; not nebulous ; not opacous - CLe"anvLy. adj. [from clean. moft eminent in its way, yet other felts hay gains as long as it lafts, ~ Collier againft Defpair £' No humours grofs, -or frowzy fteams No noifome whiffs, or {weaty ftreams ‘Though the peripatetick philofophy has Dutch CLEAR. adj clarus, Lat. -Swwift Such ¢leanlinefs from head to heel Arbuthunot on Aliments Shew thyfelf to the prieft, and offer for thy c/ean . cleanly manner (CHLI Whitgifte I am clear from the blood of this womarn Sufanni None is fo fit to correct their faults, as he wh is clear from any in his own writings Dryden 19. Sometimes with of Th i air is clearer of grofs and damp exha?;;'}i zo. Ufed of perfons ‘dicious Diftinguifhing; Ji intelligible : this is_{carcel ufed but in converfation CLEAR. adv 1. Plainly; not obfcurely Now clear T under&and, What oft my fteddieft thoughts have fearlclflxi 20*" vain 2. Clean ; quite ; completely word A (lo He put his mouth to her ear, and, u L'Efrarg text of a whifper, bit it cear off CLEAR. 2 /. Aterm ufed by,,huilders fo the infide of a houfe; the fpace withi from wall to wall b 70 CLEAR. @. a. [from the afile&we'] 1. To make bright, by removing 0pac : You ‘bodies; to brighten |