[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

garnet \gar"net\, n. etymol. unknown. naut.
   a tackle for hoisting cargo in or out.
   1913 webster

   clew garnet. see under clew.
      1913 webster
see also:
clew garnet clew 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

clew \clew\ kl=u, clue \clue\, n. oe. clewe, clowe, clue,
   as. cleowen, cliwen, clywe ball of thread; akin to d. kluwen,
   ohg. chliwa, chliuwa, g. dim. kleuel, knaumuel, and perch.
   to l. gluma hull, husk, skr. glaus sort of ball or tumor.
   perch. akin to e. claw. root26. cf. knawel.
   1. a ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, the thread itself.
      1913 webster

            untwisting his deceitful clew.        --spenser.
      1913 webster

   2. that which guides or directs one in anything of a doubtful
      or intricate nature; that which gives a hint in the
      solution of a mystery.
      1913 webster

            the clew, without which it was perilous to enter the
            vast and intricate maze of countinental politics,
            was in his hands.                     --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   3. naut.
      a. a lower corner of a square sail, or the after corner
           of a fore-and-aft sail.
      b. a loop and thimbles at the corner of a sail.
      c. a combination of lines or nettles by which a hammock
           is suspended.
           1913 webster

   clew garnet naut., one of the ropes by which the clews of
      the courses of square-rigged vessels are drawn up to the
      lower yards.

   clew line naut., a rope by which a clew of one of the
      smaller square sails, as topsail, topgallant sail, or
      royal, is run up to its yard.

   clew-line block naut., the block through which a clew
      line reeves. see illust. of block.
      1913 webster
see also:
knawel clew garnet clew line clew-line block block 

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