Clew vs. Yarn

Clewnoun

(obsolete) A roughly spherical mass or body.

Clewnoun

(archaic) A ball of thread or yarn.

Clewnoun

Yarn or thread as used to guide one's way through a maze or labyrinth; a guide, a clue.

Clewnoun

(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 trailing corner relative to the wind direction.

Clewnoun

(in the plural) The sheets so attached to a sail.

Clewnoun

The cords suspending a hammock.

Clewverb

(transitive) to roll into a ball

Clewverb

(nautical) (transitive and intransitive) to raise the lower corner(s) of (a sail)

Clewnoun

A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself.

Clewnoun

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.

Clewnoun

A lower corner of a square sail, or the after corner of a fore-and-aft sail.

Clewverb

To direct; to guide, as by a thread.

Clewverb

To move of draw (a sail or yard) by means of the clew garnets, clew lines, etc.; esp. to draw up the clews of a square sail to the yard.

Clewnoun

a ball of yarn or cord or thread

Clewnoun

evidence that helps to solve a problem

Clewverb

roll into a ball

Yarnnoun

(uncountable) A twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or weaving.

Yarnnoun

(nautical) Bundles of fibers twisted together, and which in turn are twisted in bundles to form strands, which in their turn are twisted or plaited to form rope.

Yarnnoun

(countable) A story, a tale, especially one that is incredible.

Yarnverb

To tell a story or stories.

Yarnnoun

Spun wool; woolen thread; also, thread of other material, as of cotton, flax, hemp, or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving, knitting, manufacturing sewing thread, or the like.

Yarnnoun

One of the threads of which the strands of a rope are composed.

Yarnnoun

A story told by a sailor for the amusement of his companions; a story or tale; as, to spin a yarn.

Yarnnoun

the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events;

Yarnnoun

a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving

Yarnverb

tell or spin a yarn

Yarn

Yarn is a long continuous length of interlocked fibres, suitable for use in the production of textiles, sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving, embroidery, or ropemaking. Thread is a type of yarn intended for sewing by hand or machine.