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Claw (kl&asuml_;), n. [AS. clawu, cl&ā;, cleó; akin to D. klaauw, G. klaue, Icel. kl&ō;, Sw. & Dan. klo, and perh. to E. clew.] 1. A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.
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2. The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc.
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3. Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails.
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4. (Bot.) A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the pink. Gray.
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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 (kl&asuml_;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clawed (kl&asuml_;d); p. pr. & vb. n. Clawing.] [AS. clawan. See Claw, n.] 1. To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails.
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2. To relieve from some uneasy sensation, as by scratching; to tickle; hence, to flatter; to court. [Obs.]
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Rich men they claw, soothe up, and flatter; the poor they contemn and despise.
Holland.
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3. To rail at; to scold. [Obs.]
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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
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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.
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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.
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To claw off (Naut.), to turn to windward and beat, to prevent falling on a lee shore.
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