CLAW
NOUNS
1400 — CROMB → ROME a claw or talon → obs.
1484 — ONGLE a claw → obs.
1608 — TAKER the claws of a scorpion, etc. → obs.
1609 — UNCE a claw → obs.
1731 — FANG a claw or talon → obs.
..19C — CLENCH-HOOKS claws, talons → Eng. dial.
1902 — HECKLER a claw → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
1440 — CRAMSE → CRAMZE to claw, to scratch → obs.
1525 — RUSK to pluck roughly; to scratch, to claw → Sc. obs.
1589 — CAPERCLAW to claw or scratch with the open hand and nails → obs.
1590 — CLAPPERCLAW to claw, scratch, slap, fight with the open hand and nails; to beat with the open hand, to thrash (generally used of women) → arch. exc. Eng. dial.
1598 — CURRY to claw, to scratch, to tickle, to scrape
1685 — TALON to claw, to scratch, to tear with the talons → obs.
1777 — SCLAW → SCLOW → SKLAW to claw; to tear with the nails; to scratch → Eng. dial.
1814 — MAKE THE FUR FLY to claw; to scratch; to wound severely
1905 — QUILT to claw and pound with the claws as a cat upon a carpet → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1923 — FAUCH to claw, to scratch, to rub; to scrub hard → Sc.
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