claw
claw: n. & v. --n.
1 a a pointed horny nail on an animal's or bird's foot. b a foot armed with claws.
2 the pincers of a shellfish.
3 a device for grappling, holding, etc. --v.
1 tr. & intr. scratch, maul, or pull (a person or thing) with claws.
2 tr. & intr. Sc. scratch gently.
3 intr. Naut. beat to windward. claw back 1 regain laboriously or gradually.
2 recover (money paid out) from another source (e.g. taxation). claw-back n.
1 the act of clawing back.
2 money recovered in this way. claw-hammer a hammer with one side of the head forked for extracting nails. clawed adj. (also in comb.). clawer n. clawless adj. [OE clawu, clawian]
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