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What is the noun for clewed?

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clew
  1. (obsolete) A roughly spherical mass or body.
  2. (archaic) A ball of thread or yarn.
  3. Yarn or thread as used to guide one's way through a maze or labyrinth; a guide, a clue.
  4. (nautical) 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.
  5. (plural) The sheets so attached to a sail.
  6. (plural) The cords suspending a hammock.
  7. Archaic form of clue.
clews
  1. plural of clew
  2. Examples:
    1. “Hullo is a rectangular shaped flat wooden plank seater with its four corners fixed to the roof by means of metal clews which can swing.”
      “High overhead, topmen scrambled to furl and unfurl sails and tend to yards and booms and spars and various clews.”
      “Leave the head and the clews projecting slightly, and bind them together with a piece of light line.”
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