noun. A ball of yarn or thread.

noun. The ball of thread used by Theseus to find his way out of the labyrinth.

noun. The cords by which a hammock is suspended.

noun. undefined

noun. One of the two lower corners of a square sail.

noun. The lower aft corner of a fore-and-aft sail.

noun. A metal loop attached to the lower corner of a sail.

transitive verb. To roll or coil into a ball.

transitive verb. To raise the lower corners of (a square sail) by means of clew lines. Used with up.

noun & verb . undefined

See clue.

transitive verb. To direct; to guide, as by a thread.

transitive verb. 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.

transitive verb. to force (a yard) down by hauling on the clew lines.

transitive verb. to draw (a sail) up to the yard, as for furling.

noun. A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself.

noun. 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.

noun. undefined

noun. A lower corner of a square sail, or the after corner of a fore-and-aft sail.

noun. A loop and thimbles at the corner of a sail.

noun. A combination of lines or nettles by which a hammock is suspended.

noun. one of the ropes by which the clews of the courses of square-rigged vessels are drawn up to the lower yards.

noun. a rope by which a clew of one of the smaller square sails, as topsail, topgallant sail, or royal, is run up to its yard.

noun. The block through which a clew line reeves. See Illust. of Block.

noun. A roughly spherical mass or body.

noun. 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. 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 clew is the trailing corner relative to the wind direction.

noun. The sheets so attached to a sail.

noun. The cords suspending a hammock.

noun. Archaic form of clue.

verb. to roll into a ball

verb. (transitive and intransitive) to raise the lower corner(s) of (a sail)

noun. a ball of yarn or cord or thread

verb. roll into a ball

noun. evidence that helps to solve a problem

"Red Cow never saw Marcus O'Brien again, and though many conjectures were entertained, no certain clew was ever gained to dispel the mystery of his passing."

clef  clew-garnet  clue  

clue  

clewed  clewing  

ball  chunk  clod  clump  glob  

clue  samite  unloose  

ball  corner  direct  guide  

clewed  clewing  clews