Thesaurus: clue

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1. n. A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself.
2. n. That which guides or directs one in anything of a doubtful or intricate nature; that which gives a hint in the solution of a mystery.
3. n. A lower corner of a square sail, or the after corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
4. n. A loop and thimbles at the corner of a sail.
5. n. A combination of lines or nettles by which a hammock is suspended.
6. n. A ball of thread; a thread or other means of guidance. Same as Clew.
7. n. a slight indication
8. n. evidence that helps to solve a problem
9. v. roll into a ball
10. 1. A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself. Untwisting his deceitful clew. Spenser. 2. That which guides or directs one in anything of a doubtful or intricate nature; that which gives a hint in the solution of a mystery. The clew, without which it was perilous to enter the vast and intricate maze of countinental politics, was in his hands. Macaulay. 3. (Naut.) (a.) A lower corner of a square sail, or the after corner of a fore- and-aft sail. (b.) A loop and thimbles at the corner of a sail. (c.) A combination of lines or nettles by which a hammock is suspended. Clew garnet (Naut.), one of the ropes by which the clews of the courses of square-rigged vessels are drawn up to the lower yards. -- Clew line (Naut.), a rope by which a clew of one of the smaller square sails, as topsail, topgallant sail, or royal, is run up to its yard. -- Clew-line block (Naut.), The block through which a clew line reeves. See Illust. of Block. A ball of thread; a thread or other means of guidance. Same as Clew. You have wound a goodly clue. Shak. This clue once found unravels all the rest. Pope. Serve as clues to guide us into further knowledge. Locke.
11. A ball of thread; a thread or other means of guidance. Same asClew.You have wound a goodly clue. Shak.This clue once found unravels all the rest. Pope.Serve as clues to guide us into further knowledge. Locke.
12. v:2/n:98 n. evidence that helps to solve a problem v. roll into a ball