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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...

a) The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it. (b) An unguent of the gods. 2. A perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very pleasing to the taste or smell. --Spenser. 3. Formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now (Bot.),...

1. The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; 2. The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition; as, an accretion of earth. 3. Concretion; coherence of separate particles...