CLEW
\klˈuː], \klˈuː], \k_l_ˈuː]\
Definitions of CLEW
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Alt. of Clue
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To direct; to guide, as by a thread.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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Alt. of Clue
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To direct; to guide, as by a thread.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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A ball of thread, yarn, etc.; a thread that guides, as out of a labyrinth; a guide or key to the solution of a problem, plot, or mystery; a lower corner of a square sail; the after lower corner of a fore-and-aft sail; a loop at the corner of a sail.
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To haul (a sail) up, as for furling.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A ball of thread, or the thread in it: a thread that guides through a labyrinth: anything that solves a mystery: the corner of a sail.
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To truss or tie up sails to the yards.
By Daniel Lyons
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A ball of thread; anything which leads to the solution of a mystery.
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To truss up a sail to the yard.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To move or fasten by or as by a clew.
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To coil or roll up into a bunch.
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A thread that guides through a maze; something that leads to the solution of a mystery.
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A loop at the corner of a sail.
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A ball of yarn. clue.
By James Champlin Fernald
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