Sowpods / clew

clew is a valid word in the Sowpods dictionary

loading googleimage...

Provided by TheFreeDictionary.com
n.
1. A ball of yarn or thread.

2. Greek Mythology The ball of thread used by Theseus to find his way out of the labyrinth.

3. clews The cords by which a hammock is suspended.

4. also clue Nautical
a. One of the two lower corners of a square sail.

b. The lower aft corner of a fore-and-aft sail.

c. A metal loop attached to the lower corner of a sail.

tr.v. clewed, clew·ing, clews
1. To roll or coil into a ball.

2. also clue Nautical To raise the lower corners of (a square sail) by means of clew lines. Used with up.

[Middle English clewe, from Old English cliwen.]

More sources
Dictionary.com - Google - Wikipedia

Next to clew
clevernesses, cleves, clevis, clevises, clew, clewed, clewing, clews, clianthus

clew in other dictionaries:

	English: TWL
	French: Français
	Swedish: SAOL13
	Swedish: SAOL12
	Swedish: SAOL13_fel

About the Sowpods dictionary

Sowpods refers to the word list used in tournament Scrabble in English-speaking countries except the USA, Canada, Thailand and Israel, where the American Tournament Word List (TWL) is used.

The main game room on Quadplex uses the Sowpods word list and a TWL gameroom is available as well.

For more information, see Wikipedia.