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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Claw \Claw\, n. [AS. clawu, cl[=a], cle['o]; akin to D. klaauw G. Klaue Icel. kl[=o], 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. (Bot.) 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Claw \Claw\ (kl[add]), v. t. [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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Claw \Claw\, v. i. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: claw n 1: sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles [syn: {unguis}] 2: a device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something [syn: {hook}] 3: a structure like a pincer on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods [syn: {chela}, {nipper}, {pincer}] 4: a bird's foot that has claws v 1: move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging; "They clawed their way to the top of the mountain" 2: clutch as if in panic: "She clawed the doorknob" 3: scratch, scrape, pull or dig with claws or nails 4: attack as if with claws; "The politician clawed his rival"
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