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Paw   /pɔ/   Listen
noun
Paw  n.  
1.
The foot of a quadruped having claws, as the lion, dog, cat, etc.
2.
The hand. (Jocose)
Paw clam (Zool.), the tridacna; so called because shaped like an animal's paw.


verb
Paw  v. t.  (past & past part. pawed; pres. part. pawing)  
1.
To pass the paw over; to stroke or handle with the paws; hence, to handle fondly or rudely.
2.
To scrape or beat with the forefoot. "His hot courser pawed the Hungarian plane."


Paw  v. i.  To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.





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"Paw" Quotes from Famous Books



... another view. "Why, I got right up myself—a little more and I'd almost have begun to paw it! He got me quite interested"—the proprietor of the picture would perhaps care to know—"in that Moretto." And it was on these lines that Mr. Bender continued to advance. "I take it that your biggest value, however, Lord Theign, is your splendid Sir Joshua. Our friend there has a great deal ...
— The Outcry • Henry James
... or later," Simon said, shaking his head. "They are busy elsewhere. When they have settled with their other enemies, they will come here to avenge the defeat of Cestius, to restore Florus, and to reconquer the land. Where Rome has once laid her paw, she never lets slip ...
— For the Temple - A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem • G. A. Henty
... excitement and anxious looks, Triss came up, growling and showing his teeth. Frank explained that it was only his manner. Frank took the paw that was extended to him, but Triss's friendliness seemed somewhat dubious, for he still ...
— Spring Days • George Moore
... silence. The door from this platform into the carriage was a sliding one on wheels, which ran very easily on a brass runner; and as it was probably not quite shut, or at any rate not secured in any way, it was an easy matter for the lion to thrust in a paw and shove it open. But owing to the tilt of the carriage and to his great extra weight on the one side, the door slid to and snapped into the lock the moment he got his body right in, thus leaving him shut up with the three ...
— The Man-eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures • J. H. Patterson
... struggle luckily, or unluckily for the unfortunate lady, contrived to cut off one of its fore-paws. This trophy he placed in his pocket, and made the best of his way homewards in safety. On the road he met a friend, to whom he exhibited a bleeding paw, or rather (as it now appeared) a woman's hand, upon which was a wedding-ring. His wife's ring was at once recognized by the other. His suspicions aroused, he immediately went in search of his wife, who was found sitting ...
— Myths and Myth-Makers - Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology • John Fiske


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