Clearness, 1) brightness, purity: “we make foul the c. of our deservings, when of ourselves we publish them,” All's I, 3, 6. Abstr. pro concr.: “and in the fountain shall we gaze so long till the fresh taste be taken from that c.,” Tit. III, 1, 128.
2) freedom from suspicion, spotlessness: “always thought that I require a c.” Mcb. III, 1, 133.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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