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Definition clew
Etymology
Middle English clewe, from Old English cleowen, cliewen, cliwen (“sphere, ball, skein; ball of thread or yarn; mass, group”), from Proto-Germanic *kliuwin?, *klewô (“ball, bale”), from Proto-Indo-European *glew- (“to conglomerate, gather into a mass; clump, ball, bale”). Akin to Old English cl?? (“clay”).
Noun
clew (plural clews)
- (obsolete) A roughly spherical mass or body.
- (archaic) A ball of thread or yarn.
- Yarn or thread as used to guide one's way through a maze or labyrinth; a guide, a clue.
- (nautical) The lower corner(s) of a sail to which a sheet is attached for trimming the sail (adjusting its position relative to the wind); the metal loop or cringle in the corner of the sail, to which the sheet is attached. (on a triangular sail) The trailing corner relative to the wind direction.
- (in the plural) The sheets so attached to a sail.
- (nautical, in the plural) The cords suspending a hammock.
- Obsolete form of clue.
Verb
clew (third-person singular simple present clews, present participle clewing, simple past and past participle clewed)
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