clue¹ /kloo/

Anything that points to the solution of a mystery or puzzle

To direct or indicate with a clue

clueˈless adjective (informal)

1. Ignorant, stupid
2. Helpless

clueˈlessness noun

clued-upˈ adjective (informal)

(well-)informed

clue in (informal)

To inform

not have a clue

1. To have no information
2. To have no idea, no notion at all
3. To be without the necessary skills to do something

clew or clue /kloo/

1. A ball of thread, or the thread in it (archaic)
2. A thread that guides through a labyrinth
3. The lower corner of a sail (nautical)
4. One of the cords by which a hammock is suspended

1. To coil up into a clew or ball
2. To tie up to the yards (usu with up)
3. To fix up (figurative)

clewˈ-garnet noun (nautical)

A tackle for clewing up the smaller square sails for furling

clewˈ-lines plural noun (nautical)

Ropes attached to the clews on square sails by which they are clewed up for furling

clew down (nautical)

To let down a sail by the lower edges

clew up

1. To draw up the lower edges of a square sail ready for furling (nautical)
2. To tie up loose ends (figurative)

• abidingly
• abidings
• abies
• abigail
• abigails
• a big noise
• abilities
• -ability
• ability
• ab init
• ab initio
• ab intra
• abiogeneses
• abiogenesis
• abiogenetic
• abiogenetically
• abiogenist
• abiogenists
• abioses
• abiosis
• abiotic
• a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
• a bit
• a bit much
• a bit of