The only thing in the nature of a clew was a moccasin track, and that led to young McCrae, whom, for Sheila's sake, he did not wish to involve. More and more I puzzled as the days went by, and though I observed perpetual examples of his undisputed sovereignty, never a clew was there as to how it was. 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. noun evidence that helps to solve a problem.verb nautical (transitive and intransitive) to raise the lower corner(s) of (a sail)įrom WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University.noun nautical, in the plural The cords suspending a hammock.noun in the plural The sheets so attached to a sail.On a triangular sail, the clew is the trailing corner relative to the wind direction. 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.noun Yarn or thread as used to guide one's way through a maze or labyrinth a guide, a clue.noun obsolete A roughly spherical mass or body.transitive verb (Naut.) to draw (a sail) up to the yard, as for furling.įrom Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.transitive verb (Naut.) to force (a yard) down by hauling on the clew lines.to draw up the clews of a square sail to the yard. transitive verb (Naut.) To move of draw (a sail or yard) by means of the clew garnets, clew lines, etc.transitive verb obsolete To direct to guide, as by a thread.noun (Naut.) The block through which a clew line reeves.
noun (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.noun (Naut.) one of the ropes by which the clews of the courses of square-rigged vessels are drawn up to the lower yards.noun A combination of lines or nettles by which a hammock is suspended.noun A loop and thimbles at the corner of a sail.noun A lower corner of a square sail, or the after corner of a fore-and-aft sail.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 A ball of thread, yarn, or cord also, The thread itself.Used with up.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
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