Alew vs. Clew — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Alew and Clew
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Alew
A cry of despair.
Clew
A ball of yarn or thread.
Alew
Halloo.
Clew
Greek Mythology The ball of thread used by Theseus to find his way out of the labyrinth.
Clew
Clews The cords by which a hammock is suspended.
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Clew
One of the two lower corners of a square sail.
Clew
The lower aft corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
Clew
Variant of clue1.
Clew
To roll or coil into a ball.
Clew
Also clue(Nautical) To raise the lower corners of (a square sail) by means of clew lines. Used with up.
Clew
(obsolete) A roughly spherical mass or body.
Clew
(archaic) A ball of thread or yarn.
Clew
Yarn or thread as used to guide one's way through a maze or labyrinth; a guide, a clue.
Clew
(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
(in the plural) The sheets so attached to a sail.
Clew
The cords suspending a hammock.
Clew
Obsolete spelling of clue
Clew
(transitive) to roll into a ball
Clew
(nautical) (transitive and intransitive) to raise the lower corner(s) of (a sail)
Clew
A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself.
Untwisting his deceitful clew.
Clew
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.
The clew, without which it was perilous to enter the vast and intricate maze of countinental politics, was in his hands.
Clew
A lower corner of a square sail, or the after corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
Clew
To direct; to guide, as by a thread.
Direct and clew me out the way to happiness.
Clew
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.
Clew
A ball of yarn or cord or thread
Clew
Evidence that helps to solve a problem
Clew
Roll into a ball
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