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claw

CLAW, n.

1. The sharp hooked nail of a beast, bird or other animal.

Every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud--ye shall eat. Deut. 14.

His nails were grown like birds claws. Dan. 4.

2. The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails.

3. The hand, in contempt.

CLAW, v.t.

1. To pull, tear or scratch with the nails.

2. To scratch or tear in general; to tickle.

3. To flatter.

To claw off or away,

1. To scold or rail at.

2. In seamanship, to turn to windward and beat, to prevent falling on a lee shore.

3. In vulgar language, to scratch away; to get off or escape.


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CLAW, n.

1. The sharp hooked nail of a beast, bird or other animal.

Every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud--ye shall eat. Deut. 14.

His nails were grown like birds claws. Dan. 4.

2. The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails.

3. The hand, in contempt.

CLAW, v.t.

1. To pull, tear or scratch with the nails.

2. To scratch or tear in general; to tickle.

3. To flatter.

To claw off or away,

1. To scold or rail at.

2. In seamanship, to turn to windward and beat, to prevent falling on a lee shore.

3. In vulgar language, to scratch away; to get off or escape.

CLAW, n. [Sax. claw; G. klaue; D. klaauw; Dan. klov; Sw. klof, or klo.]

  1. The sharp hooked nail of a beast, bird or other animal. Every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud, ye shall eat. – Deut. xiv. His nails were grown like bird's claws. – Dan. iv.
  2. The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails.
  3. The hand, in contempt.

CLAW, v.t. [Sax. clawen.]

  1. To pull, tear or scratch with the nails. – Shak. South.
  2. To scratch or tear in general; to tickle. – Shak. Hudibras.
  3. To flatter. [Obs.] – Shak. To claw off or away, to scold or rail at. – L'Estrange. #2. In seamanship, to turn to windward and beat, to prevent falling on a lee shore. #3. In vulgar language, to scratch away; to get off or escape.

Claw
  1. A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.
  2. To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails.
  3. 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.

  4. The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails] the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc.
  5. 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.

  6. Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails.
  7. 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.

  8. 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.

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Claw

CLAW, noun

1. The sharp hooked nail of a beast, bird or other animal.

Every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud--ye shall eat. Deuteronomy 14:6.

His nails were grown like birds claws. Daniel 4:33.

2. The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails.

3. The hand, in contempt.

CLAW, verb transitive

1. To pull, tear or scratch with the nails.

2. To scratch or tear in general; to tickle.

3. To flatter.

To claw off or away,

1. To scold or rail at.

2. In seamanship, to turn to windward and beat, to prevent falling on a lee shore.

3. In vulgar language, to scratch away; to get off or escape.

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