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爪,鉤,抓傷用爪抓,搔,搜刮

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Claw \Claw\, n. [AS. clawu, cl[=a], cle['o]; akin to D. klaauw,
   G. Klaue, Icel. kl[=o], SW. & Dan. klo, and perh. to E.
   clew.]
   1. A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.

   2. The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the
      pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc.

   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 \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. [Obs.]

            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 \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.

資料來源 : WordNet®

claw
     n 1: sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some
          mammals or reptiles
     2: a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or
        hold or pull something [syn: {hook}]
     3: a structure like a pincer on the limb of a crustacean or
        other arthropods [syn: {chela}, {nipper}, {pincer}]
     4: a bird's foot that has claws
     v 1: move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging; "They clawed
          their way to the top of the mountain"
     2: clutch as if in panic; "She clawed the doorknob"
     3: scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails
     4: attack as if with claws; "The politician clawed his rival"
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