clear melting (kler melting)

In gla manuf., the proce of keeping the gla in a molten condition for a time sufficient to permit impurities or uncombined substances to settle. See clearing, 1 ( d ). clearne (klēr nes), n. [ My townge is not suffycient Thy clerenes to comprehende, Yf every membre a tunge myght extende. Political Poems , etc. (E. E. T. S.), p. 81. There was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearne . Ex. xxiv. 10. (6) Freedom from anything that diminishes brightne , transparency, or purity of color: as, the clearne of water or other liquid; clearne of skin. (c) Distinctne to the senses; the character of being readily and exactly perceived: as, clearne to the view. (d) Freedom from obstruction or encumbrance: as, the clearne of the ground. (e) Distinctne to the mind; perspicuity; intelligibility. He does not know how to convey his thoughts to another with clearne and perspicuity. Add is on , Spectator. (f) Acutene of thought; absence of mental confusion; perspicacity. In the qualities in which the French writers surpa those of all other nations neatne , clearne , precision, condensation, he [Mirabeau] surpa ed all French writers. Macaulay , Mirabeau. (g) Acutene of a sense: as, clearne of sight. The critic clearne of an eye That saw thro' all the Muses' walk. Tennyson, In Memoriam, cix. (ht) Plainners or plain dealing; sincerity; honesty; fairne ; candor. When the case required di imulation, if they then used it,... the former opinion spread abroad, of their good faith and clearne of dealing, made them almost invincible. Bacon , Simulation. (1) Freedom from imputation or suspicion of ill. For 't [murder] must be done to-night, And something from the palace; always [be it] thought clearing-sale (kler'ing-sal), n. A sale for the That I require a clearne . Shak., Macbeth, iii. 1. disposal of one's whole stock of goods, furni- (j) In painting , that peculiar quality in a picture which ture, etc. clearing-screw (kler'ing-skrö), n. In some is realized by a skilful arrangement and interdependence of colors, tints, and tones, in accordance with the prin ne of comprehension which brought by the use of examples. Syn. Lucidity, Plainne , etc. See perspi cuity. firearms, a screw placed at right angles to the ciples of chiaroscuro Esthetic clearne , that clear nipple, as a means of communication with the bore or chamber in case of obstruction in the vent.