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One who, or that which, cleanses.

Depurating; tending to depurate or cleanse; depurative.

To depurate; to purify. [Obs.] He shall first be depured and cleansed before that he shall be laid up for pure gold in the treasures of God. Sir T. More.

Serving to purge; tending to cleanse or purify. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

To cleanse; to purge away, as foul or offending matter from the body, or from an ulcer.

A cleansing quality or power. De Foe.

Cleansing; purging. -- n.

The act of deterging or cleansing, as a sore.

Cleansing; detergent. -- n.

In a way to cleanse.

The quality of cleansing.

The process of cleaning or brightening sheet metal or metalware, esp. brass, by dipping it in acids, etc.

nce, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean; earth; as, a wagonload of dirt. Whose waters cast up mire and dirt. Is. lvii. 20.

Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white. Spenser.

Leaning; fitted for a reclining posture. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

To rid; to free. [Obs.] I had clean dispatched myself of this great charge. Udall.

o lift a vessel out of water. -- Graving dock, a dock for holding a ship for graving or cleaning the bottom, etc. -- Hydraulic dock, a dock in which a vessel is raised clear of the water by hydraulic presses. -- Naval dock, a dock connected with which are naval stores, materials, and all conveniences for the constru…

or, floating anchor, etc. -- Drag twist (Mining), a spiral hook at the end of a rod for cleaning drilled holes.

as, to draw a fowl; to hang, draw, and quarter a criminal. In private draw your poultry, clean your tripe. King.

a lamp; to dress a garden; to dress a horse, by currying and rubbing; to dress grain, by cleansing it; in mining and metallurgy, to dress ores, by sorting and separating them.