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1. In a fore-and-aft rig, the lower aftermost corner of the sail; in a square-rigged ship, the two lower corners of the square sail. In cases where sails on a fore-and-aft rig are not normally laced to a boom, such as jibs, staysails, etc., it is the corner of the sail to which the sheet is secured; with sails on a rig which normally are laced to a boom, the clew is usually fitted with an outhaul so that the foot of the sail can be stretched tautly along the boom. For illus. see fore-and-aft rig. 2. The lanyards and nettles by which a naval hammock was slung from hooks in a deck beam. The hammock clews, one at each end of the hammock, consisted of a rope lanyard with a ring spliced into the end from which originally 22 nettles were secured into the same number of eyelet holes in each end of the hammock. Later the number of nettles was reduced to eight, though they were doubled through the ring, providing in effect sixteen nettles which were secured to sixteen eyelet holes in the two ends of the hammocks. See also double clews. |
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"clew." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "clew." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-clew.html "clew." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-clew.html |
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clew / kloō/ • n. 1. the lower or after corner of a sail. 2. (clews) Naut. the cords by which a hammock is suspended. ∎ (clew) a ball of thread (used esp. with reference to the thread supposedly used by Theseus to mark his way out of the Cretan labyrinth). 3. archaic variant of clue. • v. [tr.] (clew a sail up) Sailing haul up the clews of a sail to the yard or into the mast ready for furling. ∎ (clew a sail down) lower an upper square sail by hauling down on the clew lines while slacking away on the halyard. |
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"clew." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "clew." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-clew.html "clew." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-clew.html |
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clew klōō n.
1. the lower or after corner of a sail. 2. (clews) the cords by which a hammock is suspended. v. 1. (clew a sail up) draw the lower ends of a sail to the upper yard or the mast ready for furling. 2. (clew a sail down) let down a sail by the clews in unfurling. |
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"clew." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "clew." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-clew.html "clew." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-clew.html |
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T. F. HOAD. "clew." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "clew." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-clew.html T. F. HOAD. "clew." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-clew.html |
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Clewa globe, ball, or spherical bunch; a tangled cluster of things; a ball of thread, etc. Examples: clew of bees, 1616; of cord; of thread; of yarn; of worms, 1669. |
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"Clew." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Clew." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300312.html "Clew." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300312.html |
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"clew." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "clew." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-clew.html "clew." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-clew.html |
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