clew

/kluː/

noun

(obsolete) A roughly spherical mass or body. / (archaic) A ball of thread or yarn. / Yarn or thread as used to guide one's way through a maze or labyrinth; a guide, a clue.

He found a clew of yarn in the attic.

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意味（1）

(obsolete) A roughly spherical mass or body.

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意味（2）

(archaic) A ball of thread or yarn.

[O]nely ſinne

And helliſh obſtinacie tye thy tongue

That truth ſhould be ſuſpected, ſpeake, iſ't ſo?

If it be ſo, you haue wound a goodly clewe:

If it be not, forſweare't how ere I charge thee,

As heauen ſhall work in me for thine auaile

To tell me truelie.

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Yarn or thread as used to guide one's way through a maze or labyrinth; a guide, a clue.

Therto haue I a remedye in my thought

That by a clewe of twyne, as he hath gone

The ſame way he may returne anone

Folowyng alwey yͤ threde as he hath come.]

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(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.