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clewa

clewa [ME clewe] , clew (clue), ball of twine. 1324 pro una magna corda de vj cluis vocata haucer’ pro petris ‥ sursum wyndendis KR Ac 469/8 m. 9; 1344 item ‥ xxvij cluvas de magno filo pro cordis ad ingenia faciendis (Comp. Constab. Dovor.) Arch. J. XI 382; 1347 de custuma de ccxl ~is canabi eductis, viz. de qualibet ~a sive educta sive adducta quad. (Sandwich) MinAc 894/30.

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