Clawed

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Clawed \Clawed\ (kl[add]d), a.
     Furnished with claws. --N. Grew.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  clawed
       adj 1: having a claw or claws; often used as a combining form;
              "sharp-clawed"
       2: of animals [syn: {taloned}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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