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Unclean. [R.] Burton.

Uncleanness; filthness. [R.] W. Montagu.

Not pure; not clean; dirty; foul; filthy; containing something which is unclean or unwholesome; mixed or impregnated extraneous substances; adulterated; as, impure water or air; impure drugs, food, etc.

To dye red or crimson. Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand No; this my hand will rather The multitudinous seas incarnadine, Making the green one red. Shak.

w known that any death within the temple of Jagannath is considered to render the place unclean, and any spilling of blood in the presence of the idol is a pollution.

One who, or that which, jigs; specifically, a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging; also, the sieve used in jigging.

Crooked; awry. [Obs.] "This is clean kam." Shak.

A board on which knives are cleaned or polished.

Ceremonially clean, according to Jewish law; --applied to food, esp. to meat of animals slaughtered according to the requirements of Jewish law. Opposed to tref. Hence, designating a shop, store, house, etc., where such food is sold or used.

A washing or cleansing. [Obs. or R.]

Washing, or cleansing by washing.

That which washes or cleanses. J. H. Newman.

g (Naut.), a first draught of a record of the cruise or voyage. -- Smooth log (Naut.), a clean copy of the rough log. In the case of naval vessels this copy is forwarded to the proper officer of the government. -- To heave the log (Naut.), to cast the log-chip into the water; also, the whole process of ascertaining a…

To clean from lice. "You sat and loused him." Swift.

To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to purify. We must purge, and cleanse, and lustrate the whole city. Hammond.

ich cities, fields, armies, or people, defiled by crimes, pestilence, or other cause of uncleanness, were purified.

man may descend or creep into a drain, sewer, steam boiler, parts of machinery, etc., for cleaning or repairing.

ric of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, hemp, or similar material, used for wiping and cleaning shoes at the door, for covering the floor of a hall or room, and for other purposes.

ed, as a graduated line, rod, vessel, or the like. False ells and measures be brought all clean adown. R. of Gloucester.

Originally, a wig; afterwards, a mop for cleaning cannon.