|
|
Definition of Clews
1. Noun. The cords used to suspend a hammock.
Definition of Clews
1. Noun. (plural of clew) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clews
1. clew [v] - See also: clew
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clews
Literary usage of Clews
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Hopkins Railway Library by Stanford University Libraries, Frederick John Teggart (1895)
"Q. Same; January interest: Henry clews & sinking fund bonds, ... (10) + t Seven
per cent, first mortgage gold bonds, on a completed road: Henry clews & Co. ..."
2. Body and Soul: A Play in Four Acts by Arnold Bennett (1921)
"Mrs. clews. But a pleasure it is. Now do sit down and make yourself at home. ...
[As Mr. and Mrs. clews reach the door, enter Parlourmaid with a liqueur ..."
3. Off-hand Portraits of Prominent New Yorkers by Stephen Fiske (1884)
"This is Henry clews, sure enough; but Mr. clews is an Englishman by birth, and
he was educated to enter Cambridge University with the intention of taking ..."
4. A Supplement to A Guide to Manuscripts Relating to the American Indian in by Daythal Kendall, John F. Freeman (1982)
"PARSONS, ELSIE clews. Letter to Leslie A. White; May 3, 1932. Photocopy of TLS 2 pp.
Re: student research projects at the laboratory, Santa P'e, New Mexico; ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Superior Court of the City of by New York (City). Superior Court, New York (State). Superior Court (New York), Samuel Jones, James Clark Spencer (1878)
"London, the requisite funds to pay certain bills of exchange to the extent
of £6000, which Henry clews & Co. authorized the plaintiffs to draw on clews, ..."
6. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1894)
"TRAVERS AND clews. HENRY clews, the well-known bald- headed banker, who always
prides himself on being a self-made man, during a recent talk with Mr. ..."
7. "An American commoner": the life and times of Richard Parks Bland. A study by William Vincent Byars (1900)
"Banker Henry clews Describes the Means Used to Control General Grant. ...
In his "Twenty-Eight Years in Wall Street," Mr. Henry clews, ..."
Other Resources:
