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The Word of the Day for December 10 is:

clew • \KLOO\ Audio icon • noun
	1 : a ball of thread, yarn, or cord *2 : clue 3 a : a lower corner or only
the after corner of a sail b : a metal loop attached to the lower corner of
a sail c plural : a combination of lines by which a hammock is suspended

Example sentence:

"They had followed immediately behind him, thinking his actions might prove
a clew to my whereabouts. . . ." (Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Princess of Mars)

Did you know?

The "ball of thread" meaning of "clew" (from Middle English "clewe" and
ultimately from Old English "cliewen") has been with us since before the
12th century. The variant "clue" had come into use by the 16th century.
Because balls of thread were used to escape from labyrinths in various
mythological stories (such as the story of Theseus in Crete), "clew" and
"clue" came to be used of anything that could guide a person through a
difficult place. This use led in turn to the meaning "a piece of evidence
that leads one toward the solution of a problem." Today, "clue" is the more
common spelling variant for the "evidence" sense, but you’ll find "clew" in
some famous works of literature. "Clew" is also the only choice for the
sailing and hammock senses.


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Based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate(R) Dictionary, 10th Edition.
Visit Merriam-Webster today at http://www.m-w.com

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