CLAYISH
CLAYISH, adjective Partaking of the nature of clay, or containing particles of it.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CLEAN
CLEAN, adjective In a general sense, free from extraneous matter, or whatever is injurious or offensive; hence its signification depends on the nature and qualities of the subst...
CLEAN-TIMBERED
CLEAN-TIMBERED, adjective Well-proportioned.
CLEANLINESS
CLEANLINESS, noun1. Freedom from dirt, filth, or any foul, extraneous matter.2. Neatness of person or dress; purity.
CLEANLY
CLEANLY, adjective clenly. [from clean.]1. Free rom dirt, filth, or any foul matter; neat; carefully avoiding filth.2. Pure; free from mixture; innocent; as cleanly joys.3. Clea...
CLEANNESS
CLEANNESS, noun1. Freedom from dirt, filth, and foreign matter; neatness.2. Freedom from infection or a foul disease.3. Exactness; purity; justness; correctness; used of languag...
CLEANSABLE
CLEANSABLE, adjective That may be lleansed.
CLEANSE
CLEANSE, verb transitive1. To purify; to make clean; to remove filth, or foul matter of any kind, or by any process whateve, as by washing, rubbing, scouring, scraping, purging,...
CLEANSED
CLEANSED, participle passive Purified; made clean; purged; healed.
CLEANSER
CLEANSER, noun He or that which cleanses; in medicine, a detergent.
CLEANSING
CLEANSING, participle passive Purifying; making clean; purging; removing foul or noxious matter from; freeing from guilt.CLEANSING, noun The act of purifying, or purging. Mark 1...
CLEAR
CLEAR, adjective1. Open; free from obstruction; as a clear plat of ground; the way is clear2. Free from clouds, or fog; serene; as a clear day.3. Free from foreign matter; unmix...
CLEAR-SHINING
CLEAR-SHINING, adjective [clear and shine.] Shining with brightness, or unobstructed splendor.
CLEAR-SIGHTED
CLEAR-SIGHTED, adjective [clear and sight.] Seeing with clearness; having acuteness of sight; discerning; perspicacious; as clear-sighted reason; a clear-sighted judge.
CLEAR-SIGHTEDNESS
CLEAR-SIGHTEDNESS, noun Acute discernment.
CLEAR-STARCH
CLEAR-STARCH, verb transitive To stiffen and clear with starch, and by clapping with the hands; as, to clear-starch muslin.
CLEAR-STARCHER
CLEAR-STARCHER, noun One who clear-starches.
CLEAR-STARCHING
CLEAR-STARCHING, participle present tense1. Stiffening and clearing with starch.2.noun The act of stiffening and clearing with starch.
CLEARAGE
CLEARAGE, noun The removing of any thing.
CLEARANCE
CLEARANCE, noun A certificate that a ship or vessel has been cleared at the custom house; permission to sail.
CLEARED
CLEARED, participle passive Purified; freed from foreign matter, or from incumbrance; made manifest; made luminous; cleansed; liberated; acquitted.
CLEARER
CLEARER, noun That which clears, purifies, or enlightens; that which brightens.
CLEARING
CLEARING, participle present tense Purifying; removing foul matter, incumbrances, or obstructions; making evident, or luminous; cleansing; liberating; disengaging; acquitting; m...
CLEARLY
CLEARLY, adverb1. Plainly; evidently; fully; as, the fact is clearly proved.2. Without obstruction; luminously; as, to shine clearly3. With clear discernment; as, to understand ...
CLEARNESS
CLEARNESS, noun1. Freedom from foul or extraneous matter; purity; as the clearness of water, or other liquor.2. Freedom from obstruction or incumbrance; as the clearness of the ...
CLEAT
CLEAT, noun A piece of wood used in a ship to fasten ropes upon. It is formed with one arm or two, or with a hollow to receive a rope, and is made fast to some part of a vessel....
CLEAVAGE
CLEAVAGE, noun1. The act of cleaving or splitting.2. In mineralogy, the manner of cleaving, or of mechanical division. It is used in relation to the fracture of minerals which h...