clew
noun
clue.
Example Sentences
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He clewed Wilson's pennant to his editorial page of Harper's Weekly and saluted it each week with all the ardor of a discoverer.
From Time Magazine Archive
The sailors got out additional sails, clewed up cordage and rigging, and put the ship in order for a fast run.
From The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 by W. C. Jackson
Now take your grog, men; and when you have clewed up and furled the foresail, go below.
From Dick Leslie's Luck A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure by Harold Piffard
As soon as the topgallant-sails were furled the upper spars were sent down, then the courses were clewed up and two of her jibs taken off her.
From A Chapter of Adventures by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
The artillery-man remarked that the frigate had just clewed up her lower sails.
From Mathieu Ropars: et cetera by William Young
