clawing
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
clawing
- present participle and gerund of claw
Noun[edit]
clawing (plural clawings)
- A scratch with the claws.
- 1750, The Universal Magazine, volume 7, page 52:
- […] they are nevertheless always like the lion's keeper, who, when by long patience, a thousand feedings, and a thousand clawings, he hath made a fierce lion familiar, yet never gives him meat, but with pulling back his hand, always in fear […]
Adjective[edit]
clawing (comparative more clawing, superlative most clawing)
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
clawing
- Alternative form of clawynge