'Clean breach' definitions:

Definition of 'Clean breach'

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  • Clean \Clean\ (kl[=e]n), a. [Compar. Cleaner (kl[=e]n"[~e]r); superl. Cleanest.] [OE. clene, AS. cl[=ae]ne; akin to OHG. chleini pure, neat, graceful, small, G. klein small, and perh. to W. glan clean, pure, bright; all perh. from a primitive, meaning bright, shining. Cf. Glair.]
  • 1. Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects; as, clean land; clean timber. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Free from awkwardness; not bungling; adroit; dexterous; as, a clean trick; a clean leap over a fence. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Free from errors and vulgarisms; as, a clean style. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire. [1913 Webster]
  • When ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of corners of thy field. --Lev. xxiii. 22. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. Free from moral defilement; sinless; pure. [1913 Webster]
  • Create in me a clean heart, O God. --Ps. li. 10 [1913 Webster]
  • That I am whole, and clean, and meet for Heaven --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. (Script.) Free from ceremonial defilement. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. Free from that which is corrupting to the morals; pure in tone; healthy. "Lothair is clean." --F. Harrison. [1913 Webster]
  • 9. Well-proportioned; shapely; as, clean limbs. [1913 Webster]
  • A clean bill of health, a certificate from the proper authority that a ship is free from infection.
  • Clean breach. See under Breach, n., 4.
  • To make a clean breast. See under Breast. [1913 Webster]

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