cleanup (klenup)

1. A general cleaning. [Colloq.]-2. In gold - mining: (a) The operation of separating and saving the gold and amalgam after the auriferous rock or gravel has been for a certain length of time through the sluices or under the stamps. (b) The gold obtained at a given time by the above proce . [Cordilleran mining region.] This specimen - but a small trifle Was his last week's clean up and his all. Bret Harte, His Answer to Her Letter. clear (kler), a . and n. [ cler , cler , clair, F. clair = Pr. clar = Sp. Pg. claro = It. chiaro = MD. klaer , D. klaar = Icel. klārr = Sw. Dan. G. klar , clarus , clear, bright, brilliant, famous, glorious. From the same source are claret, clarify, clarity, declare, chiaroscuro , etc.] I. a. 1. Free from darkne or opacity; bright; brilliant; luminous; unclouded; uded; not obscured. I will darken the earth in the clear day. Amos viii. 9. It is almost clear dawn. Shak., M. for M., iv. 2. 21. Bright-colored; gay; showy; magnificent. Him that is clothed with clear clothing. Wyclif, Jas. ii. 3. 3. Free from anything that would impair transparency or purity of color; pellucid; transparent: as, clear water; a clear complexion. The stream is so transparent, pure, and clear . Denham, Cooper's Hill. As clear as gla The water ran in ripples o'er that strand. William Morris, Earthly Paradise, II. 222. Soft, gentle, loving eyes that gleam Clear as a starlit mountain stream. O. W. Holmes, At the Pantomime. Specifically-4. In gla - working , free from etching, depolish, or anything which could dull the surface. Objects partially depolished are said to be half - clear .-5. Not confused or dull; quick and exact in action, as the mind or its faculties; acute, as the senses: as, a clear mind; a clear head. So rounds he to a separate mind From whence clear memory may begin. ished; irreproachable; pure. I write to you this second epistle, clear soul by monishing. Duncan So clear in his great office. In honour clear. in which I stir your Wyclif, 2 Pet. iii. 1. hath been Shak., Macbeth, i. 7. Pope, Epistle to Add is on, 1. 68. 10. Free from something objectionable, espe cially from entanglement or embarra ment; imprisonment, or the like: absolute or follow free from accusation or imputation, distre , ed by of or from. The cruel corporal whisper'd in my ear, Five pounds, if rightly tipt, would set me clear. Gay. No one could have started with a more resolute determination to stand clear of party politics than Prince Albert. J. McCarthy, Hist. Own Times, vii. A house may be kept almost clear of fleas by frequent washing and sweeping. E. W. Lane, Modern Egyptians, I. 190. 11. Free from impediment or obstruction; unobstructed: as, a clear view. And make a clear way to the gods. Shak ., T. of A., iii. 4. My companion... left the way clear to him. Add is on. A clear field and no favor. Proverbial saying. 12. Sounding distinctly; plainly audible; canorous: as, his voice was loud and clear . The robin warbled forth his full clear note For hours, and wearied not. Bryant, Old Man's Counsel. For like the clear voice when a trumpet shrills, So rang the clear voice of Æakidės. Tennyson , Achilles over the Trench. 13. Without diminution or deduction; absolute; net: as, clear profit or gain. Ile through, what ere it cost, So much cleare gaine, or so much coine cleare lost. T. Heywood , If you Know not Me, ii. I often wished that I had clear , For life, six hundred pounds a year. Swift . 14. Without admixture, adulteration, or dilu- tion: as, a fabric of clear silk; clear brandy; clear tea. [U. S.] -15. Free from defect or blemish: as, clear lumber. 16. Free from doubt; mentally certain; clearly convinced; sure: as, I am perfectly clear on that point. I have heard of a thing they call Doomsday-book - I am clear it has been a rental of back-ganging tenants. Scott , Red gauntlet, Letter xi. 17t. Sole; unaided; unaccompanied. It was that worth i william that wizes [men] so louen, & that brouzt zou out of bale with his cler str eng the. William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2037. Clear days (preceded by some numeral, as three, five, nine, etc.), whole days, exclusive of that on which some proceeding is commenced or completed: as, he was allowed three clear days in which to pay up. - To boil clear. See boil2. =Syn. Plain, Obvious, etc. See manifest, a. II. n. 1. In carp., arch ., etc., unobstructed space; space between two bodies in which no third body intervenes; unbroken or uninterrupted surface: used only in the phrase in the Tennyson, In Memoriam, xlv. clear: as, it measures fifty feet in the clear. Thine eyes, Were they but clear , would see a fiery host Above thee. Bryant , Constellations. 6. Manifest to the mind; comprehensible; well defined or apprehended. In philosophy, as a technical term, clear is opposed to obscure, and does not imply that the idea to which it applied is so perfectly apprehended as would be implied by the adjective distinct (opposed to indistinct or confused ). These words were first used technically as applied to vision by writers on optics. Clear vision occurs where there is sufficient light; distinct vision, where the parts of the object seen can be recognized. Des cartes extended the terms to the mental apprehension of truth, which he considered analogous to vision. Leibnitz gave more technically logical definitions, especially of the term distinct (which see), and added the term adequate. IMG:content-0561.png:[blocks in formation] clear He put his mouth to her ear, and, under pretext of a whisper, bit it clear off. Sir R. L'Estrange. The ambition of Alexander did not only destroy a great part of the world, but made it put on a clear other face than it had before. Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. 353. Came A bitter wind, clear from the North. Tennyson , Pa ing of Arthur. clear