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if great care is hot taken in opening the ground, the roots 
may be buried and loft; for, being of a dark colour, they 
are not eafily diftinguiihed from the ground. See Por- 
tulacaria’. . . 
CLAZO'MENZE, or Clazomena, in ancient geogra¬ 
phy, a city of Ionia, on the coaft of the JEgean lea, be¬ 
tween Smyrna and Chios. It was founded in the year of 
Rome 98, by the lonians, and gave birth to Ahaxagoras 
and other illuftrious men. 
CLEAN, adj. [glan, Wclfh; claene, Sax.] Free from 
dirt or tilth ; as, clean water.—They make clean the out- 
fide of the cup and of the platter, but within they are 
full of extortion and excefs. Matthew .—Free from mo¬ 
ral impurity; chafte ; innocent; guiltlefs. Create in me 
a clean heart, O God! Pfalms. —Elegant ; neat; not un¬ 
wieldy ; not encumbered with any thing ufelefs or difpro- 
portioned. The timber and wood are in fome trees more 
clean , in fome more knotty. Bacon. 
Yet thy waift is ftraight and clean 
As Cupid’s fhaft, or Hermes’ rod. Waller. 
Not foul with any losthfome difeafe; not leprous.—If the 
plague be fomewhat dark, and Tpread not in the lkin,the 
priell: (hall pronounce him clean. Leviticus .—Dextrous, 
not bungling, feat: as, a clean trick; a dean leap; a 
clean boxer. 
CLEAN, adv. Quite ; perfefifly ; fully ; completely. 
This fenfe is now little ufed. Without mifcarriage 5 in a 
dextrous manner : 
Pope came off clean with Homer; but they fay, 
Broome went before, and kindly fivept the way. Henley. 
To CLEAN, v. a. to free from dirt or filth: 
Their tribes adjufted, clean'd their vig’rous wings. 
And many a circle, many a fhort elfay, 
Wheel’d round and round. Thomfon. 
To CLEANSE, v. a. [cltenpian, Saxon.] To free from 
filth or dirt, by wafhing or rubbing : 
Cleanfe the pale corpfe with a religious hand 
From the polluting weed and common land. Prior. 
To purify from guilt.—The bluenefs of a wound cleanfe t& 
away evil. Proverbs. 
Not all her od’rous tears can cleanfe her crime, 
The plant alone deforms the happy clime. Dry den. 
To free from noxious humours by purgation ; 
C'anft thou not minifter to a mind difeas’d, 
And, with fome Tweet oblivious antidote, 
C.leatife the fluff’d bofom of that perilous fluff 
Which weighs upon the heart ? Shakcfpeare. 
To free from leprofy.—Shew thyfelf to the prieft, and offer 
for thy cleanfing thofe things which Mofes commanded. 
Mark. —To fcour; to rid of " all offenfive things. This 
river the Jews preferred the pope to cleanfe, fo they might 
have what they found. Addifon. 
CLEAN'SER,/ [clsenpepe, Sax.] That which has the 
quality of evacuating any foul humours, or digefting a 
fore; a detergent.—If there happens, an impoflhume, 
honey, and even honey of rofes, taken inwardly, is a good 
cleanfer. Arbuthnot. 
CLEAN'THES, a ftoic philofopher, fucceffor of Zeno. 
He was fo poor, that to maintain himfelf, he ufed to draw 
out water for a gardener in the night, and ftudy in the 
day time. Cicero calls him the father of the ftoics; and 
in refpeft to his virtues, the Roman fenate raifed a ftatue 
to him in Alios. It faid that he ftarved himfelf in his 
90th year, before Chrift.240. Strabo. 
CLEAR, adj. [ clair , Fr. klaer, Dutch ; clarus, Lat.J 
Bright; tranfpicuous ; pellucid ; tranfparent; luminous; 
without opacity or cloudinels ; not nebulous ; not opa- 
ceous ; not dark : 
CLEAN LOUGH, a lake of Ireland, in* the county of 
Leitrim : ten miles eaft-fouth-eaft of Sligo. 
CLEAN'LILY, adv. In a cleanly manner. 
CLEAN'LINESS,/! Freedonvfrom dirt or filth.—I fhall 
fpeak nothing of the extent of this city, the cleanlinefs of 
its ftreets, nor the beauties of its piazza. Addifon. —Neat- 
nefs of drefs; purity ; the quality contrary to negligence 
and naftinefs : 
From whence the tender {kin aflumes 
A fweetnefs above all perfumes; 
From whence a cleanlinefs remains, 
Incapable of-outward flains. Swift. 
CLEAN'LY, adj. Free from dirtinefs; careful to avoid 
filth ; pure in the perfon.—An ant is a very cleanly infeft, 
and throws out of her neftallthe fmall remains of the corn 
on which fire feeds, Hddfon. —That which makes clean- 
Sinefs : 
In our fantaftic climes, the fair 
With cleanly powder dry their hair. Prior. 
3 3 ure; innocent; immaculate.—Perhaps human nature 
meets few more fweetly relifiiing and cleanly joys, than 
thofe that derive from fuccelsful trials. GlanviUe. —Nice; 
addrefsful: artful: 
Through his fine handling, and his cleanly play, 
All thofe royal figns had flole away. Spenfer. 
CLEAN'LY, adv. Elegantly; neatly; without naftinefs. 
—-If I do grow great, I’ll leave fack, and live cleanly, as 
a nobleman fhould. Shakefpeare. 
CLEAN'NESS,/. Neatnels; freedom from filth. Eafy 
exaifnefs; juftnefs; natural, unlaboured corredtnefs.— 
He minded only the clearnefs of his fatire, and the clean- 
nefs of expreflion. Dryden. —Purity ; innocence.—The 
tleannefs and purity of one’s mind is never better proved, 
than in dtfeovering its own faults at firft view. Pope, 
The ftream is fo tranfparent, pure, and clear, 
That had the felf-enamoured youth gaz’d here, 
He but the bottom, not his face, had feen. Denham, 
Perfpicacious ; fharp : 
Michael from Adam’s eyes the film remov’d. 
Which that falfe fruit, that promis’d clearer fight, 
Had bred. Milton „ 
Cheerful; not clouded with care or anger. 
Sternly he pronounc’d 
The rigid interdi&ion, which refounds 
Yet dreadful in mine ear, though in my choice 
Not to incur; but foon his clear afpeft 
Return’d, and gracious purpofe thus renew’d. Milton, 
Free from clouds: ferene. 
And the clear fun on his wide watery glafs 
Gaz’d hot. Milton. 
Without mixture; pure; unmingled; perfpicuous ; no£ 
hard to be underftood ; not ambiguous.—We pretend to 
give a clear account how thunder and lightning is pro¬ 
duced. Temple. —Indifputable ; evident; undeniable,: 
Remain’d to our almighty foe 
Clear vidfory ; to our part lofs, and rout 
Through all the empyrean. Milton. 
Apparent ; manifeft ; not hid ; not dark.—Unto God, 
who underftandeth all their fecret cogitations, they 
are clear and manifeft. Hooker. —Quick to underftand; 
prompt; acute: 
Mother of fcience, now I feel thy power 
Within me clear, not only to difcern 
Things in their caufes, but to trace the ways 
Of higheft agents, deem’d however wife. Milton. 
Unfpotted ; guiltlefs 3 irreproachable. —Repentance fb 
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