Bear''s-paw :: Bear's-paw (n.) A large bivalve shell of the East Indies (Hippopus maculatus), often used as an ornament..

Bespawl :: Bespawl (v. t.) To daub, soil, or make foul with spawl or spittle..

Cat''s-paw :: Cat's-paw (n.) A light transitory air which ruffles the surface of the water during a calm, or the ripples made by such a puff of air..

Cat''s-paw :: Cat's-paw (n.) A particular hitch or turn in the bight of a rope, into which a tackle may be hooked..

Cat''s-paw :: Cat's-paw (n.) A dupe; a tool; one who, or that which, is used by another as an instrument to a accomplish his purposes..

Cross-pawl :: Cross-pawl (n.) Same as Cross-spale.

Empawn :: Empawn (v. t.) To put in pawn; to pledge; to impawn.

Impawn :: Impawn (v. t.) To put in pawn; to pledge.

Impawned :: Impawned (imp. & p. p.) of Impaw.

Impawning :: Impawning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impaw.

Papaw :: Papaw (n.) A tree (Carica Papaya) of tropical America, belonging to the order Passifloreae. It has a soft, spongy stem, eighteen or twenty feet high, crowned with a tuft of large, long-stalked, palmately lobed leaves. The milky juice of the plant is said to have the property of making meat tender. Also, its dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit, which is eaten both raw and cooked or pickled..

Papaw :: Papaw (n.) A tree of the genus Asimina (A. triloba), growing in the western and southern parts of the United States, and producing a sweet edible fruit; also, the fruit itself..

Paw :: Paw (n.) The foot of a quadruped having claws, as the lion, dog, cat, etc..

Paw :: Paw (n.) The hand.

Paw :: Paw (v. i.) To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.

Paw :: Paw (v. t.) To pass the paw over; to stroke or handle with the paws; hence, to handle fondly or rudely..

Paw :: Paw (v. t.) To scrape or beat with the forefoot.

Pawed :: Pawed (imp. & p. p.) of Pa.

Pawing :: Pawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pa.

Pawk :: Pawk (n.) A small lobster.

Pawky :: Pawky (a.) Arch; cunning; sly.

Pawl :: Pawl (n.) A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine, adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse, as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of Ratchet Wheel..

Pawl :: Pawl (v. t.) To stop with a pawl; to drop the pawls off.

Pawn :: Pawn (n.) See Pan, the masticatory..

Pawn :: Pawn (n.) A man or piece of the lowest rank.

Pawn :: Pawn (n.) Anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. See Pledge, n., 1..

Pawn :: Pawn (n.) State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a promise.

Pawn :: Pawn (n.) A stake hazarded in a wager.

Pawn :: Pawn (v. t.) To give or deposit in pledge, or as security for the payment of money borrowed; to put in pawn; to pledge; as, to pawn one's watch..

Pawn :: Pawn (v. t.) To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard.

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