Claw: alternatives and connections

A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook…

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An S-shaped hook on which pots and kettles are hung over an open fire.

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The claw of a predaceous bird or animal, especially the claw of a bird of prey.

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Something appended to, or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house.

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To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.

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A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make as…

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To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

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A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp.

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The extreme part; the utmost limit; the farthest or remotest point or part; as, the extremities of a country.

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A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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To remember; to cause to remember; to mention.

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To lay hold of; to seize.

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To whisper.

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To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface…

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To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

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To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.

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Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.

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The nail, claw, talon, or hoof of a finger, toe, or other appendage.

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Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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To fight and scratch.

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The pincherlike claw of Crustacea and Arachnida.

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The pincherlike claw of Crustacea and Arachnida.

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A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for c…

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A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for c…

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Of or pertaining to the Crustacea; crustaceous.

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A small anchor, with four or five flukes or claws, used to hold boats or small vessels; hence, any instrument designed to grapple or hold; a grapplin…

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To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist.

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The pincherlike claw of Crustacea and Arachnida.

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A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for c…

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One who, or that which, nips.

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