Definition of Clewed

1. Verb. (past of clew) ¹

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Definition of Clewed

1. clew [v] - See also: clew

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clewed

cleverclogs
cleverer
cleverest
cleverish
cleverishness
cleverly
cleverness
clevernesses
cleves
clevis
clevis pin
clevises
clew
clew-garnet
clew-garnets
clewed (current term)
clewing
clewless
clewline
clewlines
clews
cley
cleystaff
clianthus
cliche
cliche'
cliched
clicheed
cliches
cliché-ridden

Literary usage of Clewed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Fourth Georgic of Virgil, Containing an Account of the Treatment of Bees by Virgil (1870)
"In foul weather, or on arrival in port, the yard was lowered half-mast high, and the sail reefed or clewed up, which operations were expressed by the ..."

2. Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana, Richard Henry Dana, Jr. (2001)
"If it is light, the royal yards are clewed down, and the ship keeps on her way; but if the squall takes strong hold, the royals are clewed up, fore and aft; ..."

3. Two Years Before the Mast and Twenty-four Years After by Richard Henry Dana (1909)
"If it is light, the royal yards are clewed down, and the ship keeps on her way; but if the squall takes strong hold, the royals are clewed up, fore and aft; ..."

4. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"If it is light, the royal yards are clewed down, and the ship keeps on her way; but if the squall takes strong hold, the royals are clewed up, fore and aft; ..."

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