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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

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.

Claw, v. i. To scrape,
scratch, or dig with a claw, or with the hand as a claw.
"Clawing [in ash barrels] for bits of coal." W. D.
Howells.

To claw off (Naut.), to turn to
windward and beat, to prevent falling on a lee shore.

Claw"back` (?), n. A flatterer
or sycophant. [Obs.] "Take heed of these clawbacks."
Latimer.

Claw"back`, a. Flattering;
sycophantic.


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