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Clew

Clew (clew)
n.(kl1913 webster dictionary)
Clew
  1. A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself.

    Untwisting his deceitful clew.
    Spenser.

  2. That which guides or directs one in anything of a doubtful or intricate nature; that which gives a hint in the solution of a mystery.

    The clew, without which it was perilous to enter the vast and intricate maze of countinental politics, was in his hands.
    Macaulay.

  3. A lower corner of a square sail, or the after corner of a fore-and- aft sail.
    (b.)

Clew

Clew (clew)
v. t.
Clew
  1. To direct] to guide, as by a thread.
    [Obs.]

    Direct and clew me out the way to happiness.
    Beau. ***& Fl.

  2. To move of draw (a sail or yard) by means of the clew garnets, clew lines, etc.] esp. to draw up the clews of a square sail to the yard.

    To clew down (Naut.), to force (a yard) down by hauling on the clew lines. -- To clew up (Naut.), to draw (a sail) up to the yard, as for furling.













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