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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

†CLEW, n. A claw.Kcb. 1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders xxxii.:
This lass o' mine tells me that ye saved her frae the gled's clews at the risk o' yer ain life.

[O.Sc. clew, id., from 1513; “obscurely related to claw and clow” (D.O.S.T.). Cf. clew, strong pa.t. of Claw, v.]

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