Clayey

Consisting of, or abounding with, clay: parClay'ey soil. ( Agric.) Soil in which clay is the prin taking of clay; resembling clay. cipal earthy ingredient. Soils of this description, when first subjected to cultivation, are expensive work, and uncertain in their produce; but after they have drained, cultivated, limed, aud manured, they become the most fertile of all soils, producing immense crops of wheat, beans, clover, rye-gra , . Great improvement is also effected in them by partially burning them. -A post-village of Adams co., 28 m. E.N.E. of Quincy, and 89 W. of Springfield. Clayton, in Indiana , a thriving post-village of Hendricks co., 20 m. W.S.W. of Indianapolis. Clay'ton, in Iowa , an E.N.E. co., bordering on Wisconsin; area , 760 sq. m. It is bounded on the E. by the Mi i ippi River; and drained by the Turkey and S. fork of the Turkey River. Surface , varied by woodlands and prairies; soil , fertile, and climate healthy. Lead mines are in operation in the S.E. part of the co. Cap . El Ka der. bungling; feat some; clever; dexterous; adroit; as, a clean boxer; a clean swindle. - Free from check, limitation, or restraint; thorough; complete; as, to show a pursuer a clean pair of heels. - Uninfected with foul pollution or loathsome disease, as leprosy. "If the plague be somewhat dark, and spread not in the skin the priest shall pronounce him clean." - Lev . xiii. 6. (Scrip.) Clean and unclean are terms in the Bible in a ceremonial sense, a igned to certain animals, and to men in certain cases, by the law of Moses, ( Lev . xi. 15; Num . xix.; Deut . xiv.) A distinction between clean and unclean animals existed before the deluge, ( Gen. vii. 2.) The Mosaic law was not merely arbitrary, but grounded on reasons connected with animal sacrifices, with health, with the separation of the Jews from other nations, aud their practice of moral purity; ( Lev . xi. 43-45; xx. 24-26; Deut . xiv. 2, 3, 21.) The ritual law was still observed in the time of Christ, but under the gospel it was annulled, ( Acts x. 9-16.) Ceremonial uncleanne was contracted by the Jews in various ways, voluntarily and involuntarily. It was removed, usually in the evening of the same day, by bathing. In other cases a week, or even forty or fifty days, and some sacrificial offerings, were required. Clean, adv. Quite; perfectly; thoroughly; fully; wholly; entirely. "Domestic broils clean overblown." - Shake . -In a dexterous manner; without check or miscarriage. "Pope came off clean with Homer; but they say, Broome went before, and kindly swept the way." - Henley. -v. a. [A. S. clœnan .] To purify; to cleanse; to remove all impure, noxious, or extraneous matter from; as, to clean a stable.