clew
Synonyymisanakirja: clew
clew
todiste, näyttö, osoitus, johtolanka, jälki, vihje, merkki, pallukka, savikokkare, kimpale, paakku, möykky, möhkäle, klimppi, klöntti, lankakerä, kietoa, kääriä, rullata, keriä, kierittää, pyöriä.
Käännökset: clew
clew suomeksi
lankakerä, pyöriä, jälki
clew englanniksi
puhekieltä A roughly spherical mass or body.
c. 1600, w:Charles Estienne|Charles Estienne and w:Jean Liebault|Jean Liebault, tr. Richard Surflet, Maison Rustique, or, The Countrie Farme:
1796, w:John Gabriel Stedman|John Gabriel Stedman, The Narrative of a Five Years Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam:
puhekieltä A ball of thread or yarn.
c. 1604-5, w:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare, Alls Well That Ends Well'', Act 1, Scene 3:
1831, w:Victor Hugo|Victor Hugo, tr. w:Isabel Florence Hapgood|Isabel Florence Hapgood, The Hunchback of Notre Dame/Book First/Chapter III|The Hunchback of Notre Dame:
1889, w:Andrew Lang|Andrew Lang, s:The Blue Fairy Book|The Blue Fairy Book, "s:The story of Prince Ahmed and the fairy Paribanou|The story of Prince Ahmed and the fairy Paribanou":
1962, w:Vladimir Nabokov|Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire:
yarn Yarn or thread as used to guide one's way through a maze or labyrinth; a guide, a clue.
(RQ:Chaucer Women)
1766, w:Laurence Sterne|Laurence Sterne, The Sermons of Mr. Yorick:
1841, w:Edgar Allan Poe|Edgar Allan Poe, The Murders in the Rue Morgue:
1870, w:Edward Augustus Freeman|Edward Augustus Freeman, History of the Norman Conquest:
1917, w:Edgar Rice Burroughs|Edgar Rice Burroughs, s:A Princess of Mars/Chapter VI|A Princess of Mars:
1923, w:Robert E. Howard|Robert Ervin Howard, s:Aha! or The Mystery of the Queens Necklace|Aha! or The Mystery of the Queen's Necklace'':
1926, Robertus Love, The Rise and Fall of Jesse James, University of Nebraska, 1990:
puhekieltä 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 clew is the trailing corner relative to the wind direction.
1858, Walter Mitchell, s:Tacking Ship Off Shore|Tacking Ship Off Shore
1858, The Atlantic Monthly, "s:The Atlantic Monthly/Volume 2/No. 5/The Language of the Sea|The Language of the Sea":
1894, w:Hudson Taylor|James Hudson Taylor, s:A Retrospect|A Retrospect:
1901, w:John Conroy Hutcheson|John Conroy Hutcheson, s:The Ghost Ship|The Ghost Ship:
puhekieltä The sheets so attached to a sail.
1913, w:John Masefield|John Masefield, s:Dauber Dauber
puhekieltä The cords suspending a hammock.
2000, Ralph W Danklefsen, The Navy I Remember, Xlibris 2000, p. 21:
(archaic form of)
1864, Andrew Forrester, The Female Detective:
1910, "Duck Eats Yeast," The Yakima Herald:
Macaulay
puhekieltä to roll into a ball
puhekieltä (transitive and intransitive) to raise the lower corner(s) of (a sail)
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