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Claw

Claw (claw)
n.(kl***add])
Claw
[AS. clawu, cl1913 webster dictionary, cleó; akin to D. klaauw, G. klaue, Icel. kl1913 webster dictionary, Sw. *** Dan. klo, and perh. to E. clew.]
  1. A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.
  2. The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails] the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc.
  3. Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails.
  4. A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the pink.
    Gray.

    Claw hammer, a hammer with one end of the metallic head cleft for use in extracting nails, etc. -- Claw hammer coat, a dress coat of the swallowtail pattern. [Slang] -- Claw sickness, foot rot, a disease affecting sheep.

Claw

Claw (claw)
v. t.(kl***add])
Claw
[imp. *** p. p. Clawed (kl&add]d); p. pr. *** vb. n. Clawing.] [AS. clawan. See Claw, n.]
  1. To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails.
  2. To relieve from some uneasy sensation, as by scratching] to tickle; hence, to flatter; to court.
    [Obs.]

    Rich men they claw, soothe up, and flatter; the poor they contemn and despise.
    Holland.

  3. To rail at; to scold.
    [Obs.]

    In the aforesaid preamble, the king fairly claweth the great monasteries, wherein, saith he, religion, thanks be to God, is right well kept and observed; though he claweth them soon after in another acceptation.
    T. Fuller

    Claw me, claw thee, stand by me and I will stand by you; -- an old proverb. Tyndale. -- To claw away, to scold or revile. "The jade Fortune is to be clawed away for it, if you should lose it." L'Estrange. -- To claw (one) on the back, to tickle; to express approbation. (Obs.) Chaucer. -- To claw (one) on the gall, to find fault with; to vex. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Claw

Claw (claw)
v. i.
Claw
  1. To scrape, scratch, or dig with a claw, or with the hand as a claw.
    "Clawing [in ash barrels] for bits of coal." W. D. Howells.

    To claw off (Naut.), to turn to windward and beat, to prevent falling on a lee shore.













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