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Clear breach
(gcide) | Clear \Clear\ (kl[=e]r), a. [Compar. Clearer (-[~e]r); superl.
Clearest.] [OE. cler, cleer, OF. cler, F. clair, fr.L.
clarus, clear, bright, loud, distinct, renowned; perh. akin
to L. clamare to call, E. claim. Cf. Chanticleer,
Clairvoyant, Claret, Clarify.]
1. Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light;
luminous; unclouded.
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The stream is so transparent, pure, and clear.
--Denham.
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Fair as the moon, clear as the sun. --Canticles
vi. 10.
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2. Free from ambiguity or indistinctness; lucid; perspicuous;
plain; evident; manifest; indubitable.
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One truth is clear; whatever is, is right. --Pope.
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3. Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating;
discriminating; as, a clear intellect; a clear head.
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Mother of science! now I feel thy power
Within me clear, not only to discern
Things in their causes, but to trace the ways
Of highest agents. --Milton.
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4. Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
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With a countenance as clear
As friendship wears at feasts. --Shak.
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5. Easily or distinctly heard; audible; canorous.
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Hark! the numbers soft and clear
Gently steal upon the ear. --Pope.
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6. Without mixture; entirely pure; as, clear sand.
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7. Without defect or blemish, such as freckles or knots; as,
a clear complexion; clear lumber.
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8. Free from guilt or stain; unblemished.
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Statesman, yet friend to truth! in soul sincere,
In action faithful, and in honor clear. --Pope.
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9. Without diminution; in full; net; as, clear profit.
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I often wished that I had clear,
For life, six hundred pounds a-year. --Swift
.
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10. Free from impediment or obstruction; unobstructed; as, a
clear view; to keep clear of debt.
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My companion . . . left the way clear for him.
--Addison.
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11. Free from embarrassment; detention, etc.
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The cruel corporal whispered in my ear,
Five pounds, if rightly tipped, would set me clear.
--Gay.
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Clear breach. See under Breach, n., 4.
Clear days (Law.), days reckoned from one day to another,
excluding both the first and last day; as, from Sunday to
Sunday there are six clear days.
Clear stuff, boards, planks, etc., free from knots.
Syn: Manifest; pure; unmixed; pellucid; transparent;
luminous; obvious; visible; plain; evident; apparent;
distinct; perspicuous. See Manifest.
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A clear breach
(gcide) | Breach \Breach\ (br[=e]ch), n. [OE. breke, breche, AS. brice,
gebrice, gebrece (in comp.), fr. brecan to break; akin to
Dan. br[ae]k, MHG. breche, gap, breach. See Break, and cf.
Brake (the instrument), Brack a break] .
1. The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
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2. Specifically: A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any
obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment; as, a
breach of contract; a breach of promise.
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3. A gap or opening made made by breaking or battering, as in
a wall or fortification; the space between the parts of a
solid body rent by violence; a break; a rupture.
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Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;
Or close the wall up with our English dead. --Shak.
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4. A breaking of waters, as over a vessel; the waters
themselves; surge; surf.
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The Lord hath broken forth upon mine enemies before
me, as the breach of waters. --2 Sam. v.
20.
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A clear breach implies that the waves roll over the vessel
without breaking.
A clean breach implies that everything on deck is swept
away. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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5. A breaking up of amicable relations; rupture.
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There's fallen between him and my lord
An unkind breach. --Shak.
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6. A bruise; a wound.
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Breach for breach, eye for eye. --Lev. xxiv.
20.
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7. (Med.) A hernia; a rupture.
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8. A breaking out upon; an assault.
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The Lord had made a breach upon Uzza. --1. Chron.
xiii. 11.
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Breach of falth, a breaking, or a failure to keep, an
expressed or implied promise; a betrayal of confidence or
trust.
Breach of peace, disorderly conduct, disturbing the public
peace.
Breach of privilege, an act or default in violation of the
privilege or either house of Parliament, of Congress, or
of a State legislature, as, for instance, by false
swearing before a committee. --Mozley. Abbott.
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Breach of promise, violation of one's plighted word, esp.
of a promise to marry.
Breach of trust, violation of one's duty or faith in a
matter entrusted to one.
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Syn: Rent; cleft; chasm; rift; aperture; gap; break;
disruption; fracture; rupture; infraction; infringement;
violation; quarrel; dispute; contention; difference;
misunderstanding.
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