Claviform
(Clav"i*form) a. [L. clava club + -form.] (Bot.) Club- shaped; clavate. Craig.
Claviger
(||Clav"i*ger) n. [L., fr. clavis key + gerere to carry.] One who carries the keys of any place.
Claviger
(||Clav"i*ger), n. [L., fr. clava club + gerere to carry.] One who carries a club; a club bearer.
Clavigerous
(Cla*vig"er*ous) a. Bearing a club or a key.
Clavis
(||Cla"vis) n.; pl. L. Claves E. Clavises [L.] A key; a glossary.
Clavus
(||Cla"vus) n. [L., a nail.] A callous growth, esp. one the foot; a corn.
Clavy
(Cla"vy) n.; pl. Clavies [Cf. F. claveau centerpiece of an arch.] (Arch.) A mantelpiece.
Claw
(Claw) n. [AS. clawu, cla, cleó; akin to D. klaauw, G. klaue, Icel. klo, Sw. & Dan. klo, and
perh. to E. clew.]
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. (Bot.) A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the pink. Gray.
Claw hammer, a hammer with one end of the metallic head cleft for use in extracting nails, etc. —
Claw hammer coat, a dress coat of the swallowtail pattern. [Slang] — Claw sickness, foot rot, a
disease affecting sheep.
Claw
(Claw) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clawed (kl&addd); p. pr. & vb. n. Clawing.] [AS. clawan. See Claw,
n.]
1. To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails.
2. To relieve from some uneasy sensation, as by scratching; to tickle; hence, to flatter; to court. [Obs.]
Rich men they claw, soothe up, and flatter; the poor they contemn and despise.
Holland.
3. To rail at; to scold. [Obs.]
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
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.
Claw
(Claw), v. i. To scrape, scratch, or dig with a claw, or with the hand as a claw. "Clawing [in ash
barrels] for bits of coal." W. D. Howells.
To claw off (Naut.), to turn to windward and beat, to prevent falling on a lee shore.
Clawback
(Claw"back`) n. A flatterer or sycophant. [Obs.] "Take heed of these clawbacks." Latimer.
