Found 4 hits - Term: clawed, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
claw \claw\ kladd, v. t. imp. p. p. clawed kladdd;
p. pr. vb. n. clawing. as. clawan. see claw, n.
1. to pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or
nails.
1913 webster
2. to relieve from some uneasy sensation, as by scratching;
to tickle; hence, to flatter; to court. obs.
1913 webster
rich men they claw, soothe up, and flatter; the poor
they contemn and despise. --holland.
1913 webster
3. to rail at; to scold. obs.
1913 webster
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
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
see also:
clawed clawing claw claw me, claw thee to claw away to claw one on the back
to claw one on the gall
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
clawed \clawed\ kladdd, a.
furnished with claws. --n. grew.
1913 webster
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
clawed
adj 1: having a claw or claws; often used as a combining form;
"sharp-clawed"
2: of animals syn: taloned
see also:
taloned
- [4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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