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Cleanliness from head to heel. Swift.

Clean"ly (?), a. [Compar. Cleanlier (?); superl. Cleanliest.] [From Clean.] 1. Habitually clean; pure; innocent. "Cleanly joys." Glanvill.

Some plain but cleanly country maid. Dryden.

Displays her cleanly platter on the board. Goldsmith.

2. Cleansing; fitted to remove moisture; dirt, etc. [Obs.] "With cleanly powder dry their hair." Prior.

3. Adroit; skillful; dexterous; artful. [Obs.]

Through his fine handling and his cleanly play. Spenser.

Clean"ly (?), adv. 1. In a clean manner; neatly.

He was very cleanly dressed. Dickens.

2. Innocently; without stain. Shak.

3. Adroitly; dexterously. Middleton.

Clean"ness, n. [AS. cl&?;nnes. See Clean.] 1. The state or quality of being clean.

2. Purity of life or language; freedom from licentious courses. Chaucer.

Cleans"a*ble (kl&ebreve;nz"&adot;*b'l), a. Capable of being cleansed. Sherwood.

Cleanse (kl&ebreve;nz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cleansed (kl&ebreve;nzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cleansing.] [AS. cl&aemacr;nsian, fr. cl&aemacr;ne clean. See Clean.] To render clean; to free from fith, pollution, infection, guilt, etc.; to clean.

If we walk in the light . . . the blood of Jesus Christ his son cleanseth us from all sin. 1 John i. 7.

Can'st thou not minister to a mind diseased, And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the suffed bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart? Shak.

Cleans"er (-&etilde;r), n. [AS. cl&aemacr;nsere.] One who, or that which, cleanses; a detergent. Arbuthnot.

Clean"-tim`bered (?), a. Well- proportioned; symmetrical. [Poetic] Shak.

Clear (klēr), a. [Compar. Clearer (-&etilde;r); superl. Clearest.] [OE. cler, cleer, OF. cler, F. clair, fr.L. clarus, clear, bright, loud, distinct, renowned; perh. akin to L. clamare to call, E. claim. Cf. Chanticleer, Clairvoyant, Claret, Clarify.] 1. Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

The stream is so transparent, pure, and clear. Denham.

Fair as the moon, clear as the sun. Canticles vi. 10.

2. Free from ambiguity or indistinctness; lucid; perspicuous; plain; evident; manifest; indubitable.

One truth is clear; whatever is, is right. Pope.

3. Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating; as, a clear intellect; a clear head.

Mother of science! now I feel thy power Within me clear, not only to discern Things in their causes, but to trace the ways Of highest agents. Milton.

4. Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.

With a countenance as clear As friendship wears at feasts. Shak.