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2. A tract of land cleared of wood for
cultivation.

A lonely clearing on the shores of Moxie
Lake.

J. Burroughs.

3. A method adopted by banks and bankers
for making an exchange of checks held by each against the others,
and settling differences of accounts.

&fist; In England, a similar method has been adopted by
railroads for adjusting their accounts with each other.

4. The gross amount of the balances
adjusted in the clearing house.

Clearing house, the establishment where
the business of clearing is carried on. See above,
3.

Clear"ly, adv. In a clear
manner.

Clear"ness, n. The quality or
state of being clear.

Syn. -- Clearness, Perspicuity.
Clearness has reference to our ideas, and springs from a
distinct conception of the subject under consideration.
Perspicuity has reference to the mode of expressing our
ideas and belongs essentially to style. Hence we speak of a
writer as having clear ideas, a clear arrangement,
and perspicuous phraseology.


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