Definition of paw

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

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Sea Trout :: Sea trout () Any one of several species of true trouts which descend rivers and enter the sea after spawning, as the European bull trout and salmon trout, and the eastern American spotted trout..
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..
Passant :: Passant (v. i.) Walking; -- said of any animal on an escutcheon, which is represented as walking with the dexter paw raised..
Paw :: Paw (v. t.) To pass the paw over; to stroke or handle with the paws; hence, to handle fondly or rudely..
Pawned :: Pawned (imp. & p. p.) of Paw.
Spattle :: Spattle (n.) Spawl; spittle.
Pawnor :: Pawnor (n.) One who pawns or pledges anything as security for the payment of borrowed money or of a debt.
Empawn :: Empawn (v. t.) To put in pawn; to pledge; to impawn.
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..
Paw :: Paw (v. i.) To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.
Tridacna :: Tridacna (n.) A genus of very large marine bivalve shells found on the coral reefs of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. One species (T. gigas) often weighs four or five hundred pounds, and is sometimes used for baptismal fonts. Called also paw shell, and fountain shell..
Impignorate :: Impignorate (v. t.) To pledge or pawn.
Paw :: Paw (n.) The foot of a quadruped having claws, as the lion, dog, cat, etc..
Ratchet :: Ratchet (n.) A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch, and pawl. See Ratchet wheel, below, and 2d Ratch..
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..
Bear''s-paw :: Bear's-paw (n.) A large bivalve shell of the East Indies (Hippopus maculatus), often used as an ornament..
Spout :: Spout (v. t.) To pawn; to pledge; as, spout a watch..
Spawning :: Spawning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spaw.
Pawnbroker :: Pawnbroker (n.) One who makes a business of lending money on the security of personal property pledged or deposited in his keeping.
Pawl :: Pawl (v. t.) To stop with a pawl; to drop the pawls off.
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