&c v.; purification, defecation &c v.; purgation, lustration†;
detersion†, abstersion†; epuration†, mundation†; ablution, lavation†,
colature†; disinfection &c v.; drainage, sewerage.
lavatory, laundry, washhouse†; washerwoman, laundress, dhobi†,
laundryman, washerman†; scavenger, dustman†, sweep; white wings brush
[U.S.]; broom, besom†, mop, rake, shovel, sieve, riddle, screen, filter;
blotter.
napkin, cloth, maukin†, malkin†, handkerchief, towel, sudary†;
doyley†, doily, duster, sponge, mop, swab.
cover, drugget†.
wash, lotion, detergent, cathartic, purgative; purifier &c v.;
disinfectant; aperient†; benzene, benzine benzol, benolin†; bleaching
powder, chloride of lime, dentifrice, deobstruent†, laxative.
V. be clean, render clean &c adj.; clean, cleanse; mundify†, rinse,
wring, flush, full, wipe, mop, sponge, scour, swab, scrub, brush up.
wash, lave, launder, buck; absterge†, deterge†; decrassify†; clear,
purify; depurate†, despumate†, defecate; purge, expurgate, elutriate
[Chem], lixiviate†, edulcorate†, clarify, refine, rack; filter,
filtrate; drain, strain.
disinfect, fumigate, ventilate, deodorize; whitewash; castrate,
emasculate.
sift, winnow, pick, weed, comb, rake, brush, sweep.
rout out, clear out, sweep out &c; make a clean sweep of.
Adj. clean, cleanly; pure; immaculate; spotless, stainless, taintless;
trig; without a stain, unstained, unspotted, unsoiled, unsullied,
untainted, uninfected; sweet, sweet as a nut.
neat, spruce, tidy, trim, gimp, clean as a new penny, like a cat
in pattens; cleaned &c v.; kempt†.
abstergent†, cathartic, cleansing, purifying.
Adv. neatly &c adj.; clean as a whistle.