clew
n . 线索,线团
vt . 绕成线球,提示
线索,线团绕成线球,提示
clew n 1 :
a ball of yarn or cord or thread 2 :
evidence that helps to solve a problem [
synonym : {
clue }, {
clew },
{
cue }]
v 1 :
roll into a ball [
synonym : {
clue }, {
clew }]
Clew \
Clew \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Clewed }
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Clewing }.] [
Cf .
D .
kluwenen .
See {
Clew },
n .]
1 .
To direct ;
to guide ,
as by a thread . [
Obs .]
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1913 Webster ]
Direct and clew me out the way to happiness . --
Beau .
&
Fl .
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1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Naut .)
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 .
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1913 Webster ]
{
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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1913 Webster ]
Clew \
Clew \ (
kl [=
u ]),
Clue \
Clue \,
n . [
OE .
clewe ,
clowe ,
clue ,
AS .
cleowen ,
cliwen ,
clywe ball of thread ;
akin to D .
kluwen ,
OHG .
chliwa ,
chliuwa ,
G .
dim .
kleuel ,
kn [
aum ]
uel ,
and perch .
to L .
gluma hull ,
husk ,
Skr .
glaus sort of ball or tumor .
Perch .
akin to E .
claw . [
root ]
26 .
Cf . {
Knawel }.]
1 .
A ball of thread ,
yarn ,
or cord ;
also ,
The thread itself .
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Untwisting his deceitful clew . --
Spenser .
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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 .
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The clew ,
without which it was perilous to enter the vast and intricate maze of countinental politics ,
was in his hands . --
Macaulay .
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1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Naut .)
(
a .)
A lower corner of a square sail ,
or the after corner of a fore -
and -
aft sail .
(
b .)
A loop and thimbles at the corner of a sail .
(
c .)
A combination of lines or nettles by which a hammock is suspended .
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1913 Webster ]
{
Clew garnet } (
Naut .),
one of the ropes by which the clews of the courses of square -
rigged vessels are drawn up to the lower yards .
{
Clew line } (
Naut .),
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 .
{
Clew -
line block } (
Naut .),
The block through which a clew line reeves .
See Illust .
of {
Block }.
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1913 Webster ]
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