Definitions from Wiktionary (clew)

▸ noun:  (obsolete) A roughly spherical mass or body.
▸ noun:  (archaic) A ball of thread or yarn.
▸ noun:  Yarn or thread as used to guide one's way through a maze or labyrinth; a guide, a clue.
▸ noun:  (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.
▸ noun:  (in the plural) The sheets so attached to a sail.
▸ noun:  (nautical, in the plural) The cords suspending a hammock.
▸ verb:  (transitive) to roll into a ball
▸ verb:  (nautical, transitive, intransitive) to raise the lower corner(s) of (a sail)
▸ noun:  Obsolete spelling of clue. [(now rare) A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.]





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