Citations:claw

English citations of claw and clawing

Noun: "a curved, pointy nail"

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• 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.

  "Forgive me if I am not justified in what I ask," said Scrooge, looking intently at the Spirit's robe, "but I see something strange, and not belonging to yourself, protruding from your skirts. Is it a foot or a claw?"

Verb: "to scratch or to tear at"

• 2004 November 15, Retro Studios, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, Nintendo, published 2009, Wii:

  Logbook – D-Isl's Testament: '[The Ing] is inside me. I feel it spreading, clawing at my will, tearing at my thoughts.'