claircer, v.a., to decolor; (sugar) to clarify.

claire, n.f., burnt bones; sugar-boiler.

clairée, n.f., clarified sugar.

clairement (klèr-mān), adv., clearly, plainly, distinctly, evidently, intelligibly.

clairet, adj., (of wines) palish, lightish.

clairet, n.m., precious stone that is too pale; pale wine; clairet (an infusion of wine, honey, sugar, and aromatic plants).

clairette, n.f., a kind of grape.

claire-voie, n.f., (—s-—s) opening (in a garden wall); lattice, wicket; (nav.) sky-light. A —; in open work. Semer à —; to sow thin.

clairière, n.f., glade; thin part (in linen).

clair-obscur, n.m., (—s-—s) (paint.) chiaroscuro, clare-obscure, light and shade; mezzotint.