Definition of clew:
(n) :
a roughly spherical mass or body; a ball of
thread or
yarn
"1926: Not often did Jesse James leave a clew to his identity when he galloped away from a crime of violence, back into the mysterious Nowhere whence he came.  Robertus Love, The Rise and Fall of Jesse James (University of Nebraska, 1990)"
(v) :
to
roll into a
ball; (transitive and intransitive) to
raise the lower corner(s) of (a sail)
Definition of clew:
(n) :
a roughly spherical mass or body; a ball of
thread or
yarn
"1926: Not often did Jesse James leave a clew to his identity when he galloped away from a crime of violence, back into the mysterious Nowhere whence he came.  Robertus Love, The Rise and Fall of Jesse James (University of Nebraska, 1990)"
(v) :
to
roll into a
ball; (transitive and intransitive) to
raise the lower corner(s) of (a sail)