clean a Cp EDD clever av 13: clever and clean Ir for sense 3.
   1 Of the sea-water, containing abundant plankton for the fish but lacking the organisms which cause 'slub' to form on nets; hence, descriptive of an area good for fishing. Antonyms are DIRTY, SLUBBY.
   1966 FARIS 30 'Good water,' water that is 'clean' is in essence much less clear and much more full of opaque organisms and miniscule organic life than is the crystal-clear, absolutely transparent 'dirty' or 'bad' water. P 245-80 'Clean' water has very poor visibility, and although it is murky due to phytoplankton and zooplankton, there are no Oikopleura present [to cause slub].
   2 Of the several strakes or planks forming the sides of a boat, the first or top one, technically called the sheer strake; [phonetics unavailable]; cp RAGGED (strake).
   T 43/8-64 You had her pretty solid then. You had your gunwales on, and then you'd put on the clane strike, and the one under that was the binding strike, that's in plankin', you know. P 13-74 In a vessel's hull, the clean strake is the first plank below the rail or gunwale.
   3 Phr clean and clever: completely.
   P 54-67 'E done it clayn 'n' cliver.

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