† clengen.
Obsolete. rare.
Clang, clangor.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > [noun] > clang
clenge1592
clangor1605
clang1615
siserarya1765
clanging1842
1592 W. Wyrley Lord Chandos in True Vse Armorie 84 Glistering swords vnshethed for reuenge..The rumored noise and sound of armors clenge.
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clengev.1
/klɛndʒ/, U.S. /klɛndʒ/, Scottish English /klɛndʒ/ Scottish and northern dialect.
1. † b. To correct. Obsolete.
a. transitive. To cleanse, make clean (literal and figurative).
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society > morality > virtue > purity > make pure [verb (transitive)]
cleansec897
shire?c1225
clengea1300
purge1340
purec1350
purifya1393
whitena1400
sprinkle1526
refine1594
simplify1609
sublime1613
purgate1795
revirginize1852
bleach1868
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > clean [verb (transitive)] > make ritually clean
cleansec1000
clengea1300
society > faith > worship > cleanness (ceremonial) > purification > purify [verb (transitive)]
cleansec1000
hallowc1000
clengea1300
circumcide1340
circumcisec1340
purifyc1350
purgea1430
sanctifya1500
expiate1603
housel1607
lustre1645
lustrate1653
catharize1832
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > clean [verb (transitive)]
yclense971
cleansea1000
farmOE
fayc1220
fowc1350
absterse?a1425
mundify?a1425
muck1429
to cast clean1522
absterge1526
sprinkle1526
reconcile1535
net1536
clengec1540
neat?1575
snuff?1575
rinse1595
deterge1623
scavengea1644
scavenger1645
decrott1653
reform1675
clean1681
deterse1684
fluxa1763
to clean away, offa1839
to clean down1839
scavage1851
untaint1855
to sand and canvas1912
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments removing or dispersing matter > remove or disperse [verb (transitive)] > disperse, etc., humours or morbid matter
cleansec1000
resolvea1398
slaya1400
dissolvec1400
evacuec1400
mundify?a1425
repel?a1425
attenuate1533
evacuate1533
discuss?1537
divert?1541
extenuate1541
intercide?1541
educe1574
scour1577
attray1579
clenge1582
divertise1597
derive1598
revel1598
display1607
draw1608
incide1612
correct1620
fuse1705
lavage1961
a1300 Cursor Mundi 26373 Þan mai yee best yow clenge o sin.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 19872 Call noght comun..þat clenged has vr lauerd.
c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. v. ix. f. 59v/1 He gat syndry craftismen to clenge the fowseis.
1551 W. Turner New Herball Prol. sig. A ij Clenge thy harte from all synne.
1582 J. Hester tr. L. Fioravanti Compend. Rationall Secretes ii. xvi. 95 The Pilles clenge the head.
1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 21 Mercifullie claingit fra ye spott of sin.
1609 A. Craig Poet. Recreat. Ded. sig. A2 Some clenged and dressed their armour.
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a1583 J. Balfour Practicks (1754) 38 The Clerk aucht..all his rollis throwch to reid and to clenge.
2. To clear, empty, sweep clear of, rid of.
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1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xv. 508 The feld wes clengit cleyn.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 182 Thus of the Romanis neir clengit ar we.
1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem Table 66 Be ane Assise the cuntry sould be clenged thrise in the ȝeare of malefactors.
3. Scots Law. ‘Legally to exculpate, to produce proof of innocence’ (Jamieson); to find not guilty.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > justify [verb (transitive)] > exculpate
cleansea1000
skere?c1225
unwreea1250
spurge1303
sunyiea1325
disblamec1374
quita1400
whitena1400
emplasterc1405
declare1460
clear1481
absolve1496
purgea1530
free1560
clenge1592
disculp1602
uncharge1604
exonerate1655
exculpate1656
wash1659
excriminate1661
to wipe the mouth of1687
disculpate1693
whitewash1703
rehabilitate1847
1592 Acts Jas. VI (1814) 531 (Jam.) Quhatsumeuir persone clengis not of certane knawlege the personis accusit, he fyles thame.
c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 128 Becaus he saw nocht his subscriptione..he wald nowther clenge nor fyle him.
Derivatives
ˈclenger n. one who or that which cleanses.
ΚΠ
1545 Aberd. Registers V. 19 (Jam.) He, his wif and thair clengar, quhilk ar now inclosit for this pest.
1606 in Chambers Dom. Ann. Scot. I. 395 Sending two professional clengers..that they might deal with an infection which had fallen forth.
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† clengev.2
Obsolete.
intransitive. To cling, adhere, remain.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > be or become attached or affixed [verb (intransitive)] > remain attached > adhere
cleavec897
to stick (cleave, cling, etc.) like a burc1330
sita1398
clinga1400
clengec1400
engleim?1440
adhere1557
clag1563
clasp1569
clencha1600
clung1601
clam1610
yclingec1620
affix1695
clinch1793
to stick (to one) like wax1809
cleam-
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 2078 Þay clomben bi clyffeȝ þer clengez [MS reads clengeȝ] þe colde.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1694 Þe forst clenged.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1034 Clay þat clenges þer-by.
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