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clearage|ˈklɪərɪdʒ|
[f. clear v. + -age.]
1. The action of clearing or making clear.
1818in Todd. 1830Knapp Jrnl. Naturalist 197 The..clearage of rude and open places, and the drainage of marshy lands. 1869E. A. Parkes Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 5 The complete clearage of sewers.
†2. = clearing 4. Obs.
1827Carlyle Germ. Rom. IV. 347 The owner will abandon his new-grubbed clearage.
3. Comm. = clearance 8.
1755N. Magens Insurances I. 201 The..Sum laid out by the Captain..in order to be repaired, and get his Clearage. |