Webster's Dictionary 1913

4429

Clear-headed

Clear″–head′ed (klēr″hĕd′ĕd), a. Having a clear understanding; quick of perception; intelligent. “He was laborious and clear-headed.” Macaulay.— Clear″–head′ed‐ness, n.

4430

Clear-seeing

Clear″–see′ing (klēr″sē′ĭng), a. Having a clear physical or mental vision; having a clear understanding.

4431

Clear-shining

Clear″–shin′ing (–shīn′ĭng), a. Shining brightly. Shak.

4432

Clear-sighted

Clear″–sight′ed (–sīt′ĕd), a. Seeing with clearness; discerning; as, clear-sighted reason.

4433

Clear-sightedness

Clear″–sight′ed‐ness, n. Acute discernment.

4434

Clearage

Clear″age (–ā̍j), n. The act of removing anything; clearance.

4435

Clearance

Clear″ance (–ans), n. 1. The act of clearing; as, to make a thorough clearance.2. A certificate that a ship or vessel has been cleared at the customhouse; permission to sail.Eve...

4436

Clearcole

Clear″cole′ (?), n. [F. claire colle clear glue; clair clear (f. claire) + colle glue, Gr. �] A priming of size mixed with whiting or white lead, used in house painting, etc.; a...

4437

Clearcole (2)

Clear″cole′, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Clearcoled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Clearcoling (?).] To coat or paint with clearcole.

4438

Clearedness

Clear″ed‐ness (?), n. The quality of being cleared.Imputed by his friends to the clearedness, by his foes to the searedness, of his conscience.T. Fuller.

4439

Clearer

Clear″er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, clears.Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding.Addison.2. (Naut.) A tool of which the hemp for lines and twines, used by sai...

4440

Clearing

Clear″ing, n. 1. The act or process of making clear.The better clearing of this point.South.2. A tract of land cleared of wood for cultivation.A lonely clearing on the shores of...

4441

Clearly

Clear″ly, adv. In a clear manner.

4442

Clearness

Clear″ness, n. The quality or state of being clear.Syn. — Clearness, Perspicuity. Clearness has reference to our ideas, and springs from a distinct conception of the subject und...

4443

Clearstarch

Clear″starch′ (–stärch′), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Clearstarched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Clearstraching.] To stiffen with starch, and then make clear by clapping with the hands; as, to cl...

4444

Clearstarcher

Clear″starch′er (–ẽr), n. One who clearstarches.

4445

Clearstory

{ Clear″sto′ry (–stō′ry̆), Clere″sto′ry, } n.(Arch.) The upper story of the nave of a church, containing windows, and rising above the aisle roofs.

4446

Clearwing

Clear″wing′ (–wĭng′), n.(Zoöl.) A lepidopterous insect with partially transparent wings, of the family Ægeriadæ, of which the currant and peach-tree borers are examples.

4447

Cleat

Cleat (klēt), n. [OE. clete wedge; cf. D. kloot ball, Ger. kloss, klotz, lump, clod, MHG. klōz lump, ball, wedge, OHG. chlōz ball, round mass.]1. (Carp.) A strip of wood or iron...

4448

Cleat (2)

Cleat, v. t. To strengthen with a cleat.

4449

Cleavable

Cleav″a‐ble (?), a. Capable of cleaving or being divided.

4450

Cleavage

Cleav″age (?), n. 1. The act of cleaving or splitting.2. (Crystallog.) The quality possessed by many crystallized substances of splitting readily in one or more definite directi...

4451

Cleave

Cleave (klēv), v. i. [imp.Cleaved (klēvd), Clave (klāv, Obs.); p. p.Cleaved; p. pr. & vb. n.Cleaving.] [OE. cleovien, clivien, cliven, AS. cleofian, clifian; akin to OS. klibōn,...

4452

Cleave (2)

Cleave (klēv), v. t. [imp.Cleft (klĕft), Clave (klāv, Obs.), Clove (klōv, Obsolescent); p. p.Cleft, Cleaved (klēvd) or Cloven (klō″v'n); p. pr. & vb. n.Cleaving.] [OE. cleoven, ...

4453

Cleave (3)

Cleave, v. i. To part; to open; to crack; to separate; as parts of bodies; as, the ground cleaves by frost.The Mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst.Zech. xiv. 4.

4454

Cleavelandite

Cleave″land‐ite (?), n. [From Professor Parker Cleaveland.] (Min.) A variety of albite, white and lamellar in structure.

4455

Cleaver

Cleav″er (?), n. One who cleaves, or that which cleaves; especially, a butcher's instrument for cutting animal bodies into joints or pieces.