Friday Word: Clew

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Clew [kloo]

(n.)

- A ball of thread, yarn, or cord.
 

From Old English “cliewen” (sphere, ball, skein, ball of thread or yarn) probably from West Germanic “kleuwin” from Proto-Germanic “kliwjo-” perhaps from PIE “gleu-” (to gather into a mass, conglomerate)
 

Used in a sentence:
 

“When Theseus asked Ariadne to help him find a way to defeat the fearsome Minotaur, she told him that he really needed to get a clew.”

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