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Definition of Clewed
1. clew [v] - See also: clew
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clewed
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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