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Rareclew
The correct spelling is clew.
How to pronounce clew
noun
IPA: /kluː/
Say it like: Cle-w
The correct spelling is clew. A roughly spherical mass or body.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.A roughly spherical mass or body.
- 2.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.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.
- 5.(in the plural) The sheets so attached to a sail.
verb
- 1.To roll into a ball
- 2.(transitive and intransitive) to raise the lower corner(s) of (a sail)
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