clearing stone (kleringston)

A fine stone on which curriers' knives are whetted to remove the scratches made by the rub-stone. It is a soft variety of hone-slate, cut in a circular form. clearly (kler'li), adv. [ manner. (a) Without obstruction; luminously. Mysteries of grace and salvation which were but darkly disclosed unto them, have unto us more clearly shined. Hooker, Eccles. Polity. (b) Plainly; evidently; so as to leave no doubt. That, by the old constitution, no military authority was lodged in the Parliament, Mr. Hallam has clearly shown. Macaulay , Hallam's Const. Hist. (c) With distinct mental discernment: as, to know a thing clearly. IMG:content-0564.png:[blocks in formation] clear-seeing (klēr'sē"ing), a. Having a clear sight or understanding. Cole ridge. clear-seer (klēr ́sēèr), n. Ac clairvoyant. North British Rer. [Rare.] clear-sighted (kler's ited), a . 1. Having clear or acute vision; hence, having acutene of mental discernment; discerning; per spica- cio us; judicious: as, clear - sighted reason; a clear-sighted clear - sighted judge. Judgment sits clear- sighted and surveys The chain of reason with unerring gaze. Thomson, Happy Man. Not a few, indeed, of the most clear- sighted men of science have been well aware of the real source of our dynamic conceptions. J. Martin eau , Materialism, p. 165. 2. Specifically, clairvoyant.