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claw

1. claw \'klo.\ \'klo.d\ n [ME clawe, fr. OE clawu hoof, claw; akin to ON 
   klo- claw,] often attrib OE cliewen ball - more at CLEW 1: a sharp usu. 
   slender and curved nail on the toe of an animal  2: any of various similar 
   sharp curved processes esp. if at the end of a li mb (as of an insect); 
   also : a limb ending in such a process 3: one of the pincerlike organs 
   terminating some limbs of arthropods (as a  lobster or scorpion) 4: 
   something that resembles a claw; specif : the forked end of a to ol (as a 
   hammer) 5: a wound from or as if from a claw  - clawed aj
2. claw vb : to rake, seize, or dig with or as if with claws