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3 definitions found 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]: Clawed \Clawed\, a. Furnished with claws. --N. Grew. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: clawed adj 1: having a claw or claws; often used as a combining form "sharp-clawed" 2: of animals [syn: {taloned}]
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