[kloo] 
| 1. | clue (def. 1). |
| 2. | Nautical. either lower corner of a square sail or the after lower corner of a fore-and-aft sail. |
| 3. | a ball or skein of thread, yarn, etc. |
| 4. | Usually, clews. the rigging for a hammock. |
| 5. | Theater. a metal device holding scenery lines controlled by one weighted line. |
| 6. | Classical Mythology. the thread by which Theseus found his way out of the labyrinth. |
| 7. | to coil into a ball. |
| 8. | clue (def. 3). |
| 9. | Theater.
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| 10. | clew down, Nautical. to secure (a sail) in an unfurled position. |
| 11. | clew up, Nautical. to haul (the lower corners of a square-rig sail) up to the yard by means of the clew lines. |
| 12. | spread a large clew, Nautical.
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