clew

IPA(Pronunciation)

/kluː/

Noun

obsolete archaic in-plural alt-of

(obsolete) A roughly spherical mass or body. / (archaic) A ball of thread or yarn. / Yarn or thread as used to guide one's way through a maze or labyrinth; a guide, a clue.

Japanese Meaning

（obsoleteの意味）大雑把な球状の塊、または物体 / （archaicの意味）糸または毛糸の玉 / 迷路などで進路案内として使われる糸、すなわち手がかりや導き

What is this buttons?

The injured fox lay curled into a small clew beneath the brambles, its breath shallow and quick.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

傷ついたキツネは茨の下で小さな球状の塊のように丸まって横たわり、息は浅く速かった。

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Sense（1）

(obsolete) A roughly spherical mass or body.

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Sense（2）

(archaic) A ball of thread or yarn.

[O]nely ſinne

And helliſh obſtinacie tye thy tongue

That truth ſhould be ſuſpected, ſpeake, iſ't ſo?

If it be ſo, you haue wound a goodly clewe:

If it be not, forſweare't how ere I charge thee,

As heauen ſhall work in me for thine auaile

To tell me truelie.

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Sense（3）

Yarn or thread as used to guide one's way through a maze or labyrinth; a guide, a clue.

Therto haue I a remedye in my thought

That by a clewe of twyne, as he hath gone

The ſame way he may returne anone

Folowyng alwey yͤ threde as he hath come.]

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Sense（4）

(nautical) The lower corner(s) of a sail to which a sheet is attached for trimming the sail (adjusting its position relative to the wind); the metal loop or cringle in the corner of the sail, to which the sheet is attached. (on a triangular sail) The trailing corner relative to the wind direction.