Paw

7 definitions found

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

  Paw \Paw\ (p[add]), n. [OE. pawe, poue, OF. poe: cf. patte, LG.
     pote, D. poot, G. pfote.]
     1. The foot of a quadruped having claws, as the lion, dog,
        cat, etc.
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     2. The hand. [Jocose] --Dryden.
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     {Paw clam} (Zool.), the tridacna; -- so called because shaped
        like an animal's paw.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Paw \Paw\, v. i.
     To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with
     the forefoot. --Job xxxix. 21.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Paw \Paw\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pawed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Pawing}.]
     1. To pass the paw over; to stroke or handle with the paws;
        hence, to handle fondly or rudely.
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     2. To scrape or beat with the forefoot.
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              His hot courser pawed the Hungarian plane.
                                                    --Tickell.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  paw
       n 1: a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped
       2: the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb; "he had the
          hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt" [syn: {hand},
          {manus}, {mitt}]
       v 1: scrape with the paws; "The bear pawed the door"
       2: touch clumsily; "The man tried to paw her"

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

  78 Moby Thesaurus words for "paw":
     arch, bad, claws, clubfoot, clutches, coarse, come in contact,
     digit, digits, dirty, dog, extremity, fangs, feel, feel of,
     fetlock, filthy, finger, fingernails, fingers, flick, foot,
     forefoot, forepaw, foul, handle, hands, harefoot, heel, hoof,
     hooks, ill-behaved, indecent, instep, jaws, mandibles, manipulate,
     maxillae, meathooks, misbehaving, mischievous, mitts, nails, nasty,
     nippers, pad, palm, palpate, pastern, patte, pedal extremity,
     pedes, pes, pied, pincers, ply, poke at, pounces, prod, pug,
     raunchy, smutty, sole, splayfoot, talons, tap, teeth, thumb, toe,
     tootsy, touch, trotter, twiddle, unguals, ungula, ungulae, vulgar,
     wield
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  PAW
       
           {Physics Analysis Workbench}.
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  PAW++
       
          An extended version of PAW with a Motif human interface.