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  • 31clue — n. 1. Ball of thread. 2. Thread, string, twine, tie, fastening. 3. Guiding thread, guide, guidance, direction, hint, indication, key, clavis, clew …

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  • 32clew — I. noun Etymology: Middle English clewe, from Old English cliewen; akin to Old High German kliuwa ball, Sanskrit glauḥ lump Date: before 12th century 1. a ball of thread, yarn, or cord 2. clue 1 3. a. a lower corner or only the after corner of a… …

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  • 33Clue — (kl[=u]), n. [See {Clew}, n.] A ball of thread; a thread or other means of guidance. Same as {Clew}. [1913 Webster] You have wound a goodly clue. Shak. [1913 Webster] This clue once found unravels all the rest. Pope. [1913 Webster] Serve as clues …

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  • 34Daedalus — constructs wings for his son, Icarus, after a Roman relief in the Villa Albani, Rome (Meyers Konversationslexikon, 1888). This article is about the mythological character. For other uses see Daedalus (disambiguation). In Greek mythology, Daedalus …

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  • 35In Lebor Ogaim — fol. 170r of the Book of Ballymote, variants of ogham, nr. 43 (sluagogam) to nr. 77 (sigla). In Lebor Ogaim ( The Book of Ogams ), also known as the Ogam Tract, is an Old Irish treatise on the ogham alphabet. It is preserved in R.I.A. MS 23 P 12… …

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  • 36Lake Muhikap — Location San Pablo City, Laguna, Philippines Group Seven Lakes of San Pablo Coordinates …

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  • 37Platoon — Pla*toon , n. [F. peloton a ball of thread, a knot or group of men, a platoon, from pelote a ball formed of things wound round. See {Pellet}.] (Mil.) (a) Formerly, a body of men who fired together; also, a small square body of soldiers to… …

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  • 38Finette Cendron — (meaning in English, Cunning Cinders) is a French literary fairy tale written by Madame d Aulnoy.[1] It is Aarne Thompson type 510A. Other tales of this type include Cinderella, Fair, Brown and Trembling, The Golden Slipper, Katie Woodencloak,… …

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  • 39clíewen — n (clíewnes, nes/ u, nu) sphere, ball, skein; ball of thread or yarn; mass, group [cliewen?] …

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  • 40clew — (n.) ball of thread or yarn, northern English and Scottish relic of O.E. cliewen sphere, ball, skein, probably from W.Gmc. *kleuwin (Cf. O.S. cleuwin, Du. kluwen), from P.Gmc. *kliwjo , from I.E. *gleu gather into a mass, conglomerate (see CLAY… …

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