| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Clew.[Websters] 2. Present participle conjugation of the verb clew.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (clew) | 1. Roll into a ball.[Wordnet]. 2. To direct; to guide, as by a thread.[Websters]. 3. 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.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: clewing, clewed, clews, clewer, clewers, clewingly and clewedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "CLEWING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1801. (references) |
Specialty Definition: clew
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Transportation | The aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft-rigged sail. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: clew
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Clew Bay | Clew Bay, in County Mayo, is a natural ocean bay. It contains Ireland's best example of sunken drumlins. According to tradition, there is an island in the bay for every day of the year. The bay is overlooked by Croagh Patrick, Ireland's holy mountain, and the mountains of North Mayo. Clare Island guards the entrance of the bay. The bay was the focus of the O'Malley family possessions in the Middle Ages, and is associated especially with Grace O'Malley. In recent years there has been controversy over fish-farming in the bay. (references) | ||
| 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. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
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Topics by Level of Interest: clew | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Clew Bay | 10 | Clew Bay | 10 | |
| The Iron Clew | 6 | The Iron Clew | 6 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
