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Claw [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The sharp hooked nail of a beast, bird or other animal.

2. Every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud--ye shall eat. Deuteronomy 14:6 .

3. His nails were grown like birds claws. Daniel 4:33 .

4. The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails.

5. The hand, in contempt.

Claw [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To pull, tear or scratch with the nails.

2. To scratch or tear in general; to tickle.

3. To flatter.

4. To claw off or away,

5. To scold or rail at.

6. In seamanship, to turn to windward and beat, to prevent falling on a lee shore.

7. In vulgar language, to scratch away; to get off or escape.

Claw [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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. A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the pink.

5. To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails.

6. To relieve from some uneasy sensation, as by scratching; to tickle; hence, to flatter; to court.

7. To rail at; to scold.

Claw [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To scrape, scratch, or dig with a claw, or with the hand as a claw.

Clawback [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Flattering; sycophantic.

Clawback [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A flatterer or sycophant.

Clawback [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To flatter.

Clawed [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Furnished with claws.

Clawed [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Scratched, pulled or torn with claws.

Clawed [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Furnished with claws.

Clawed [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Claw

Clawing [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Pulling, tearing or scratching with claws or nails.

Clawing [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Claw

Clawless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Destitute of claws.

Clawless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Destitute of claws.

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Deuteronomy 14:6

And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.

You may eat any animal that has a split hoof divided in two and that chews the cud.

1 Samuel 17:37

David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.

David added, “The LORD, who delivered me from the claws of the lion and the bear, will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” “Go,” said Saul, “and may the LORD be with you.”

Daniel 4:33

The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws.

At that moment the sentence against Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from mankind. He ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.

Daniel 7:19

Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;

Then I wanted to know the true meaning of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others—extremely terrifying—devouring and crushing with iron teeth and bronze claws, then trampling underfoot whatever was left.

Zechariah 11:16

For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.

For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will neither care for the lost, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the choice sheep and tear off their hooves.

2 Esdras 11:45

And therefore appear no more, thou eagle, nor thy horrible wings, nor thy wicked feathers nor thy malicious heads, nor thy hurtful claws, nor all thy vain body: