(a) Bright, shining; sparkling; -- often used in alliterative verse with reduced meaning; ~ liked, ?shiny; (b) of a face, flesh, etc.: fair, white; also, as noun: white, fair flesh; (c) of colors, a flame, the sun, etc.: bright, intense; of a vision: clearly or vividly seen; of flowers: brightly colored; ~ loked, ?bright-colored; (d) of a liquid, river, stream: clear, limpid; also, as noun: clarified fat or grease; (e) of night, morning, the weather: clear; (f) unmixed, unadulterated, pure; unmitigated; ~ bones, mere bones; ~ shame, utter shame; (g) of the heart, conscience, etc.: free from blemish or stain; of prayer, oaths: earnest, sincere; (h) of a tablecloth: ?clean, spotless; of the ground: ?bare; (i) sparse, thin, light; also, tenuous, rarefied; (j) in surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.111, 125].