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 sailmakers, is finished.
Clear-headed
(Clear"-head`ed) a. Having a clear understanding; quick of perception; intelligent. "He was
laborious and clear- headed." Macaulay.
— Clear"-head`ed*ness, n.
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 Moxie Lake.
J. Burroughs.
3. A method adopted by banks and bankers for making an exchange of checks held by each against
the others, and settling differences of accounts.
In England, a similar method has been adopted by railroads for adjusting their accounts with each other.
4. The gross amount of the balances adjusted in the clearing house.
Clearing house, the establishment where the business of clearing is carried on. See above, 3.
Clearly
(Clear"ly), adv. In a clear manner.
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 under consideration. Perspicuity has reference to the mode of expressing
our ideas and belongs essentially to style. Hence we speak of a writer as having clear ideas, a clear
arrangement, and perspicuous phraseology. We do at times speak of a person's having great clearness
of style; but in such cases we are usually thinking of the clearness of his ideas as manifested in language.
"Whenever men think clearly, and are thoroughly interested, they express themselves with perspicuity
and force." Robertson.
Clear-seeing
(Clear"-see`ing) a. Having a clear physical or mental vision; having a clear understanding.
Clear-shining
(Clear"-shin`ing) a. Shining brightly. Shak.
Clear-sighted
(Clear"-sight`ed) a. Seeing with clearness; discerning; as, clear-sighted reason.
Clear-sightedness
(Clear"-sight`ed*ness), n. Acute discernment.
Clearstarch
(Clear"starch`) 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 clearstarch muslin.
Clearstarcher
(Clear"starch`er) n. One who clearstarches.
