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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.

Having a sharp, distinct outline, like that of a cameo. She has . . . a cold and clear-cut face. Tennyson.

Having a clear understanding; quick of perception; intelligent. "He was laborious and clear-headed." Macaulay. -- Clear"-head`ed*ness, n.

Having a clear physical or mental vision; having a clear understanding.

Shining brightly. Shak.

Seeing with clearness; discerning; as, clear-sighted reason

Acute discernment.

The act of reforming anything; clearance. [R.]

The act of clearing; as, to make a through clearance.

To coat or paint with clearcole.

The quality of being cleared. Imputed by his friends to the clearedness, by his foes to the searedness, of his conscience. T. Fuller.

One who, or that which, clears. Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding. Addison.

The act or process of making clear. The better clearing of this point. South.

In a clear manner.

The quality or state of being clear.

To stiffen with starch, and then make clear by clapping with the hands; as, to clearstarch muslin.

One who clearstarches.

The upper story of the nave of a church, containing windows, and rising above the aisle roofs.

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

Having two nuclei; as, binucleate cells.