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  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Paw  \Paw\  (p[add]),  n.  [OE.  pawe,  poue,  OF  poe:  cf  patte,  LG 
  pote,  D.  poot,  G.  pfote.] 
  1.  The  foot  of  a  quadruped  having  claws,  as  the  lion,  dog, 
  cat,  etc 
 
  2.  The  hand.  [Jocose]  --Dryden. 
 
  {Paw  clam}  (Zo["o]l.),  the  tridacna;  --  so  called  because 
  shaped  like  an  animal's  paw. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Paw  \Paw\,  v.  i. 
  To  draw  the  forefoot  along  the  ground;  to  beat  or  scrape  with 
  the  forefoot.  --Job  xxxix  21. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Paw  \Paw\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Pawed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Pawing}.] 
  1.  To  pass  the  paw  over  to  stroke  or  handle  with  the  paws; 
  hence  to  handle  fondly  or  rudely. 
 
  2.  To  scrape  or  beat  with  the  forefoot. 
 
  His  hot  courser  pawed  the  Hungarian  plane. 
  --Tickell. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  paw 
  n  1:  a  clawed  foot  of  an  animal  especially  a  quadruped 
  2:  the  (prehensile)  extremity  of  the  superior  limb;  "he  had  the 
  hands  of  a  surgeon";  "he  extended  his  mitt"  [syn:  {hand}, 
  {manus},  {hook},  {mauler},  {mitt}] 
  v  1:  scrape  with  the  paws;  "The  bear  pawed  the  door" 
  2:  touch  clumsily;  "The  man  tried  to  paw  her" 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  PAW 
 
    {Physics  Analysis  Workbench}. 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  PAW++ 
 
  An  extended  version  of  PAW  with  a  Motif  human  interface.




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