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Transmitting light; clear; transparent. From the brightest wines He 'd turn abhorrent. Thomson.

A globule of air, or globular vacuum, in a transparent solid; as, bubbles in window glass, or in a lens.

A bugbear; anything which terrifies. [Obs.] Sir, spare your threats: The bug which you would fright me with I seek. Shak.

A bleb; a vesicle, or an elevation of the cuticle, containing a transparent watery fluid.

Native lead carbonate; a mineral occurring in colorless, white, or yellowish transparent crystals, with an adamantine, also massive and compact.

d anciently as an astringent and a cosmetic. -- Chian turpentine, a fragrant, almost transparent turpentine, obtained from the Pistacia Terebinthus.

Any species of the genus Cicada. They are large hemipterous insects, with nearly transparent wings. The male makes a shrill sound by pecular organs in the under side of the abdomen, consisting of a pair of stretched membranes, acted upon by powerful muscles. A noted American species (C. septendecim) is called the seven…

The act or process of making clear or transparent, by freeing visible impurities; as, the clarification of wine.

To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification.

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded. The stream is so transparent, pure, and clear. Denham. Fair as the moon, clear as the sun. Canticles vi. 10.

A lepidop terous insect with partially transparent wings, of the family Ægeriadæ, of which the currant and peach-tree borers are examples.

Disposition to forgive and spare, as offenders; mildness of temper; gentleness; tenderness; mercy. Great clemency and tender zeal toward their subjects. Stowe. They had applied for the royal clemency. Macaulay.

A hydrous borate of lime occurring in transparent colorless or white crystals, also massive, in Southern California.

Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent; as, colorless water.

isposal; to lead. Monmouth commanded the English auxiliaries. Macaulay. Such aid as I can spare you shall command. Shak.

The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.

its harsh irritating action on the body tissue. Usually it is in the form of a heavy, transparent, crystalline substance, easily soluble, and of an acrid, burning taste. It is a virulent poison, a powerful antiseptic, and an exellent antisyphilitic; called also mercuric bichloride. It is to be carefully distinguished f…

To copy, as a design or painting, by tracing with a pencil on oiled paper, or other transparent substance.

A kind of roughness on the surface of glass, which clouds its transparency. [Written also crizzeling and crizzle.]

A stanchion or post of wood or iron, with two arms for supporting a boom, spare yards, etc.; -- called also crane and crutch. Totten.