Bible Dictionaries
Claw

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

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

(2):

(n.) A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.

(3):

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

(4):

(n.) Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails.

(5):

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

(6):

(v. i.) To scrape, scratch, or dig with a claw, or with the hand as a claw.

(7):

(n.) To rail at; to scold.

(8):

(n.) To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Claw'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/claw.html. 1828.