Chapter Clean-cut to Cleat of C by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

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.

Cleanser
(Cleans"er) n. [AS. cl&aemacrnsere.] One who, or that which, cleanses; a detergent. Arbuthnot.

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

Clear
(Clear) a. [Compar. Clearer (-er); 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.

5. Easily or distinctly heard; audible; canorous.

Hark! the numbers soft and clear
Gently steal upon the ear.
Pope.

6. Without mixture; entirely pure; as, clear sand.

7. Without defect or blemish, such as freckles or knots; as, a clear complexion; clear lumber.

8. Free from guilt or stain; unblemished.

Statesman, yet friend to truth! in soul sincere,
In action faithful, and in honor clear.
Pope.

9. Without diminution; in full; net; as, clear profit.

I often wished that I had clear,
For life, six hundred pounds a-year.
Swift.

10. Free from impediment or obstruction; unobstructed; as, a clear view; to keep clear of debt.

My companion . . . left the way clear for him.
Addison.

11. Free from embarrassment; detention, etc.

The cruel corporal whispered in my ear,
Five pounds, if rightly tipped, would set me clear.
Gay.