...The only positive clew was the fresh dung of the elephants, and this being deposited at long intervals rendered the search extremely tedious...
Samuel White Baker 「In the Heart of Africa」
...The order was given to clew up the courses and take a reef in the topsails...
W.H.G. Kingston 「The Two Supercargoes」
...The following letter furnishes a clew to his whereabouts, plans, etc...
William Still 「The Underground Railroad」
...It never occurred to me that he held the clew that might bring us together again...
Louis Hughes 「Thirty Years a Slave」
...When able to converse, withoutdanger of a relapse, he told Clotelle of his fruitless efforts toobtain a clew to her whereabouts after old Mrs...
William Wells Brown 「Clotelle: a Tale of the Southern States」
...And so the mechanics of a skeleton affordus a clew to the habits of the living animal...
Frederic A. Lucas 「Animals of the Past」
...How he winnowedit with his eager wings! how he seemedto bear on to that blank space! His mate sat regardinghim intently, confident, I think, that hewould find the clew...
John Burroughs 「Bird Stories from Burroughs」
...Before one canget the clew to it, the party has dispersed...
John Burroughs 「Bird Stories from Burroughs」
...Then he took a longwalk down about the vineyard as if in hope ofhitting upon some clew...
John Burroughs 「Bird Stories from Burroughs」
...We have now to note a peculiarity ofthese zones which ought to furnish a clew to the sun'smechanism, although up to the present time it has notbeen successfully traced out...
George C. Comstock 「A Text-Book of Astronomy」
...It blew so strong as to make it necessary to clew down all the sails; and until next morning [SATURDAY AUGUST 8], nothing above close-reefed top sails could be carried with safety...
Matthew Flinders 「A Voyage to Terra Australis」
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