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Dog :: Dog (n.) A grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening into wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of raising or moving them..

Accipiter :: Accipiter (n.) A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk..

Falculate :: Falculate (a.) Curved and sharppointed, like a falcula, or claw of a falcon..

Pounced :: Pounced (a.) Furnished with claws or talons; as, the pounced young of the eagle..

Retract :: Retract (v. t.) To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle..

Sheep''s-foot :: Sheep's-foot (n.) A printer's tool consisting of a metal bar formed into a hammer head at one end and a claw at the other, -- used as a lever and hammer..

Raptorial :: Raptorial (a.) Adapted for seizing prey; -- said of the legs, claws, etc., of insects, birds, and other animals..

Scratch :: Scratch (v. t.) 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 across, as the claws, the nails, a pin, or the like..

Clutch :: Clutch (n.) The hands, claws, or talons, in the act of grasping firmly; -- often figuratively, for power, rapacity, or cruelty; as, to fall into the clutches of an adversary..

Clawed :: Clawed (imp. & p. p.) of Cla.

Unguis :: Unguis (n.) The slender base of a petal in some flowers; a claw; called also ungula.

Scratch :: Scratch (v. i.) To use the claws or nails in tearing or in digging; to make scratches.

Ungular :: Ungular (a.) Of or pertaining to a hoof, claw, or talon; ungual..

Clawed :: Clawed (a.) Furnished with claws.

Clawing :: Clawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cla.

Badger :: Badger (n.) A carnivorous quadruped of the genus Meles or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet. One species (M. vulgaris), called also brock, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species (Taxidea Americana / Labradorica) inhabits the northern parts of North America. See Teledu..

Expeditate :: Expeditate (v. t.) To deprive of the claws or the balls of the fore feet; as, to expeditate a dog that he may not chase deer..

Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as between any two hard bodies..

Cheliferous :: Cheliferous (a.) Having cheliform claws, like a crab..

Turnkey :: Turnkey (n.) An instrument with a hinged claw, -- used for extracting teeth with a twist..

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