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3. Anything resembling the claw of an
animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing
nails.

4. (Bot.) A slender appendage or
process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the
pink. Gray.

Claw hammer, a hammer with one end of
the metallic head cleft for use in extracting nails, etc. --
Claw hammer coat, a dress coat of the
swallowtail pattern. [Slang] -- Claw
sickness, foot rot, a disease affecting
sheep.

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.

2. To relieve from some uneasy sensation,
as by scratching; to tickle; hence, to flatter; to court.
[Obs.]

Rich men they claw, soothe up, and flatter;
the poor they contemn and despise.

Holland.

3. To rail at; to scold.


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