I. ˈklirə(r)
comparative of clear
II. noun
( -s )
1. : a person or worker who clears: as
a. : a worker who clears goods of faults or working places of debris and objects not in use
b. : one who bleaches extract-tanned hides by brushing with weak acid solution
c. : property man
2. : an instrument, device, apparatus, or agent that clears especially as part of a manufacturing process: as
a. : clearing agent
b. : a reservoir into which the brine is conveyed in the manufacture of salt
c.
(1) : one of the small rapidly revolving rollers in a carding machine the teeth of which catch the material from the worker rollers
(2) : a contrivance (as a roller or flat board covered with flannel or as an endless flannel band) in a drawing, roving, or spinning frame to collect the fly from the rollers
(3) : a device in a ring spinner consisting of an upward projecting piece of metal that catches the fly on the traveler and removes it