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Clean
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(superl.) Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.
(2):
(superl.) Free from that which is corrupting to the morals; pure in tone; healthy.
(3):
(superl.) Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects; as, clean land; clean timber.
(4):
(superl.) Free from awkwardness; not bungling; adroit; dexterous; as, aclean trick; a clean leap over a fence.
(5):
(superl.) Free from errors and vulgarisms; as, a clean style.
(6):
(superl.) Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire.
(7):
(superl.) Free from moral defilement; sinless; pure.
(8):
(superl.) Free from ceremonial defilement.
(9):
(superl.) Well-proportioned; shapely; as, clean limbs.
(10):
(adv.) Without limitation or remainder; quite; perfectly; wholly; entirely.
(11):
(adv.) Without miscarriage; not bunglingly; dexterously.
(12):
(a.) To render clean; to free from whatever is foul, offensive, or extraneous; to purify; to cleanse.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Clean'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/clean.html. 1828.
