clew
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(obsolete)A roughly spherical mass or body.
If the whole troupe be diuided into many clewes, or round bunches, you need not then doubt but that there are many kings.
- 2.
(archaic)A ball of thread or yarn.
- 3.
Yarn or thread as used to guide one's way through a maze or labyrinth; a guide, a clue.
- 4.
(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.
"Clew" is Saxon; "garnet" (from granato, a fruit) is Italian,—that is, the garnet- or pomegranate-shaped block fastened to the clew or corner of the courses, and hence the rope running through the block.
- 5.
(in plural)(in the plural) The sheets so attached to a sail.
- 6.
(in plural)(nautical, in the plural) The cords suspending a hammock.
- 7.
(alt of, archaic)Archaic spelling of clue.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)to roll into a ball
- 2.
(intransitive, transitive)(nautical, transitive, intransitive) to raise the lower corner(s) of (a sail)
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ine-pro From Middle English clew, clewe, clowe, clue, clwe, clyw, clywe, from Old English clēowen, clīewen, clīowen, clīwen, clȳwe, clȳwen (ball, sphere; skein), from Proto-Germanic *kliuwiną, *klewô (bale, ball, clump, mass), from Proto-Indo-European *glew- (to ball up, clump together; lump, swelling). Akin to clǣġ. knawel.