Clean \Clean\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cleaned; p. pr. & vb. n. Cleaning.]

[See Clean, a., and cf. Cleanse.]

To render clean; to free from whatever is foul, offensive, or extraneous; to purify; to cleanse.

To clean out, to exhaust; to empty; to get away from (one) all his money. [Colloq.]

--De Quincey.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Cleaning \Clean"ing\, n.

1. The act of making clean.

2. The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc. --Gardner.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)