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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.] [ 1913 Webster] Direct and clew me out the way to happiness. -- Beau. & Fl. [ 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. [ 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. [ 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. [ 1913 Webster] Untwisting his deceitful clew. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] The clew, without which it was perilous to enter the vast and intricate maze of countinental politics, was in his hands. -- Macaulay. [ 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. [ 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}. [ 1913 Webster]
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