A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Clew, n.1 [Obscurely related to Claw n. and Clow n.] A claw.1513 Doug. iii. iv. 15.
Thir fowlis hes … handis like to bowland byrdis clewis Ib. v. vi. 116.
A bustuus lyonys skyn … , With goldyn clewys 1561–2 Edinb. Old Acc. I. 371.
To ane boy to beir the crawe to mak ane clew in the end of it for furth drawing of auld greit garroun naillis
