<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>Clue (def 1)</li><li>Nautical: Either lower corner of a square sail or the after lower corner of a fore-and-aft sail.</li><li>A ball or skein of thread, yarn, etc. (Usually clews)</li><li>The rigging for a hammock.</li><li>Theater: A metal device holding scenery lines controlled by one weighted line.</li><li>Classical Mythology: The thread by which Theseus found his way out of the labyrinth.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>To coil into a ball.</li><li>To draw up the bottom edge of (a curtain, drop, etc.) and fold out of view; bag.</li><li>To secure (lines) with a clew.</li><li>Nautical: To secure (a sail) in an unfurled position.</li><li>To haul (the lower corners of a square-rig sail) up to the yard by means of the clew lines.</li></ul>