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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)
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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)
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