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Purge :: Purge (v. t.) To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous..

Clean :: Clean (superl.) Well-proportioned; shapely; as, clean limbs..

Abstersion :: Abstersion (n.) Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging.

Twilly :: Twilly (n.) A machine for cleansing or loosening wool by the action of a revolving cylinder covered with long iron spikes or teeth; a willy or willying machine; -- called also twilly devil, and devil. See Devil, n., 6, and Willy..

Adarce :: Adarce (n.) A saltish concretion on reeds and grass in marshy grounds in Galatia. It is soft and porous, and was formerly used for cleansing the skin from freckles and tetters, and also in leprosy..

Swabber :: Swab (n.) A sponge, or other suitable substance, attached to a long rod or handle, for cleaning the bore of a firearm..

Scrape :: Scrape (v. i.) To rub over the surface of anything with something which roughens or removes it, or which smooths or cleans it; to rub harshly and noisily along..

Scrub :: Scrub (v. t.) To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening; as, to scrub a floor, a doorplate..

Excerption :: Excerption (n.) That which is selected or gleaned; an extract.

Cerulean :: Cerulean (a.) Sky-colored; blue; azure.

Proclitic :: Proclitic (a.) Leaning forward; -- said of certain monosyllabic words which are so closely attached to the following word as not to have a separate accent.

Abstergent :: Abstergent (a.) Serving to cleanse, detergent..

Cleanly :: Cleanly (adv.) Adroitly; dexterously.

Dry-rub :: Dry-rub (v. t.) To rub and cleanse without wetting.

Lean-faced :: Lean-faced (a.) slender or narrow; -- said of type the letters of which have thin lines, or are unusually narrow in proportion to their height..

Dirty :: Dirty (superl.) Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white..

Clean :: Clean (a.) To render clean; to free from whatever is foul, offensive, or extraneous; to purify; to cleanse..

Creolean :: Creolean (a.) Alt. of Creolia.

Inclinatory :: Inclinatory (a.) Having the quality of leaning or inclining; as, the inclinatory needle..

Rackabones :: Rackabones (n.) A very lean animal, esp. a horse..

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