Definition of claw

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Claw (n.) Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails..

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Cheliform :: Cheliform (a.) Having a movable joint or finger closing against a preceding joint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be used for grasping, as the claw of a crab; pincherlike..
Claw :: Claw (n.) To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails..
Scratch :: Scratch (v. t.) To dig or excavate with the claws; as, some animals scratch holes, in which they burrow..
Claw :: Claw (n.) A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird..
Grapple :: Grapple (v. t.) An instrument, usually with hinged claws, for seizing and holding fast to an object; a grab..
Lawe :: Lawe (v. t.) To cut off the claws and balls of, as of a dog's fore feet..
Foussa :: Foussa (n.) A viverrine animal of Madagascar (Cryptoprocta ferox). It resembles a cat in size and form, and has retractile claws..
Sheep''s-foot :: Sheep's-foot (n.) A printer's tool consisting of a metal bar formed into a hammer head at one end and a claw at the other, -- used as a lever and hammer..
Clawback :: Clawback (n.) A flatterer or sycophant.
Claw :: Claw (n.) The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc..
Creeper :: Creeper (n.) An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dragging at the bottom of a well, or any other body of water, and bringing up what may lie there..
Wolf''s-claw :: Wolf's-claw (n.) A kind of club moss. See Lycopodium.
Sloth :: Sloth (n.) Any one of several species of arboreal edentates constituting the family Bradypodidae, and the suborder Tardigrada. They have long exserted limbs and long prehensile claws. Both jaws are furnished with teeth (see Illust. of Edentata), and the ears and tail are rudimentary. They inhabit South and Central America and Mexico..
Cloy :: Cloy (v. t.) To stroke with a claw.
Cheliferous :: Cheliferous (a.) Having cheliform claws, like a crab..
Unguis :: Unguis (n.) The nail, claw, talon, or hoof of a finger, toe, or other appendage..
Caperclaw :: Caperclaw (v. t.) To treat with cruel playfulness, as a cat treats a mouse; to abuse..
Unguiform :: Unguiform (a.) Having the form of a claw or claws.
Crab :: Crab (a.) A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
Pounced :: Pounced (a.) Furnished with claws or talons; as, the pounced young of the eagle..
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