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[syn: clawed, taloned]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Clawed \Clawed\ (kl[add]d), a.
Furnished with claws. --N. Grew.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
clawed
adj 1: having or resembling a claw or claws; often used as a
combining form; "sharp-clawed"
2: (of predatory animals) armed with claws or talons [syn:
clawed, taloned]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "clawed":
agonized, convulsed, crucified, dentate, digital, digitate,
digitated, fanged, fingered, footed, harrowed, hoofed, jawed,
lacerated, lancinated, on the rack, pedal, plantar, prehensile,
racked, raptorial, ripped, savaged, taloned, toed, toothed,
tortured, under the harrow, ungulate, wrung