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Not easily understood; not clear or legible; abstruse or blind; as, an obscure passage or inscription.

a street; to obstruct the channels of the body. 'T is the obstructed paths of sound shall clear. Pope.

ltivated; as, an old farm; old land, as opposed to Ant: new land, that is, to land lately cleared.

Obscurity; want of clearness. Bp. Hall.

Obscure; not clear; unintelligible. [Colloq.]

Free or cleared of obstruction to progress or to view; accessible; as, an open tract; the open sea.

words and members in a sentence in such a manner as to contribute to force and beauty or clearness of expression.

Characterized by fullness, clearness, strength, and smoothness; ringing and musical; -- said of the voice or manner of utterance. -- n.

ed standard of faith; -- opposed to heterodoxy or to heresy. Basil himself bears full and clear testimony to Gregory's orthodoxy. Waterland.

Manifestation; token; portent. Dryden. We asked of God that some ostent might clear Our cloudy business, who gave us sign. Chapman.

The clearstory, or upper story, of a building.

e leading parts so as to separate the blocks. -- To overhaul running rigging, to keep it clear, and see that no hitch occurs.

rk, expressing the meaning of the original in another form, generally for the sake of its clearer and fuller exposition; a setting forth the signification of a text in other and ampler terms; a free translation or rendering; -- opposed to metaphrase. In paraphrase, or translation with latitude, the author's words are n…

Paraphrasing; of the nature of paraphrase; explaining, or translating in words more clear and ample than those of the author; not literal; free. -- Par`a*phras"tic*al*ly, adv.

magistrate also grants a pardon, and not forgiveness. The two words are, therefore, very clearly distinguished from each other in most cases which relate to the common concerns of life.

or, the pale red color of the peach blossom. -- Peach-tree borer (Zoöl.), the larva of a clearwing moth (Ægeria, or Sannina, exitiosa) of the family Ægeriidæ, which is very destructive to peach trees by boring in the wood, usually near the ground; also, the moth itself. See Illust. under Borer.

Resembling pearl or pearls; clear; pure; transparent; iridescent; as, the pearly dew or flood.

Transparent; clear; limpid; translucent; not opaque. "Pellucid crystal." Dr. H. More. "Pellucid streams." Wordsworth.

The quality or state of being pellucid; transparency; translucency; clearness; as, the pellucidity of the air. Locke.

Having the power of seeing clearly; quick-sighted; sharp of sight.