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Webster 1828 Edition


Clearness

CLEARNESS

, n.
1.
Freedom from foul or extraneous matter; purity; as the clearness of water, or other liquor.
2.
Freedom from obstruction or incumbrance; as the clearness of the ground.
3.
Freedom from fogs or clouds; openness; as the clearness of the sky. It generally expresses less than brightness or splendor. Ex. 24.
4.
Distinctness; perspicuity; luminousness; as the clearness of reason, of views, of arguments, of explanations.
5.
Plainness, or plain dealing; sincerity; honesty; fairness; candor.
6.
Freedom from imputation of ill.
7.
Freedom from spots, or any thing that disfigures; as the clearness of the skin.