'Clawing' definitions:
Definition of 'Clawing'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To relieve from some uneasy sensation, as by scratching; to tickle; hence, to flatter; to court. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Rich men they claw, soothe up, and flatter; the poor they contemn and despise. --Holland. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To rail at; to scold. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 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 [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Clawing'
- Claw,
- Clawed,
- To claw off,
- claws,
- Claw me claw thee,
- Claw hammer,
- Claw sickness,
- Pectinate claw,
- To claw away,
- bear claw,
- claw hatchet,
- devil's claw,
- Claw hammer coat,
- To claw one on the back,
- To claw one on the gall,
- Wolf's-claw,
- african clawed frog,
- cat's-claw,
- claw-shaped,
- common devil's claw,
- sand devil's claw,
- long-clawed prawn