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Definition of lean

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Lean (v. i.) Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages..

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Enclitical :: Enclitical (v. i.) Affixed; subjoined; -- said of a word or particle which leans back upon the preceding word so as to become a part of it, and to lose its own independent accent, generally varying also the accent of the preceding word..

Purge :: Purge (v. t.) To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous..

Reclinant :: Reclinant (a.) Bending or leaning backward.

Penwiper :: Penwiper (n.) A cloth, or other material, for wiping off or cleaning ink from a pen..

Meagre :: Meagre (a.) Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean..

Unclean :: Unclean (a.) Morally impure.

Leaser :: Leaser (n.) One who leases or gleans.

Filling :: Filling (n.) Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it.

Profane :: Profane (a.) Unclean; impure; polluted; unholy.

Inclinnation :: Inclinnation (n.) The act of inclining, or state of being inclined; a leaning; as, an inclination of the head..

Swinglebar :: Swingle (n.) A wooden instrument like a large knife, about two feet long, with one thin edge, used for beating and cleaning flax; a scutcher; -- called also swingling knife, swingling staff, and swingling wand..

Skeleton :: Skeleton (n.) A very thin or lean person.

Spareness :: Spareness (n.) The quality or state of being lean or thin; leanness.

Comb :: Comb (n.) An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place..

Rinse :: Rinse (v. t.) To cleancse by the introduction of water; -- applied especially to hollow vessels; as, to rinse a bottle..

Crumbcloth :: Crumbcloth (n.) A cloth to be laid under a dining table to receive falling fragments, and keep the carpet or floor clean..

Cleaning :: Cleaning (n.) The act of making clean.

Clean :: Clean (superl.) Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes..

Scraper :: Scraper (n.) An instrument having two or three sharp sides or edges, for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of a ship..

Leaning :: Leaning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lea.