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(textiles) Very thin or transparent.

(obsolete) Pure in composition; unmixed; unadulterated.

(by extension) Downright; complete; pure.

Used to emphasize the amount or degree of something.

Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular.

(archaic) Clean; completely; at once.

A sheer curtain or fabric.

(nautical) The curve of the main deck or gunwale from bow to stern.

(nautical) An abrupt swerve from the course of a ship.

(chiefly nautical) To swerve from a course.