clawed, a.
(klɔːd)
[f. claw n. + -ed2.]
Having claws (in various senses; see claw n.).
| c 1300 K. Alis. 4969 Her honden..Ben..clawed after hound. 1668 Wilkins Real Char. 441 Beast..Whole-footed, Cloven-footed, and Clawed. 1767 Phil. Trans. LVII. 189 The clawed pillar D. 1838–9 Hallam Hist. Lit. IV. iv. viii. §16. 346 Quadrupeds..hoofed and clawed. 1843 Carlyle Past & Pr. (1858) 124 Detestable clawed hands. 1872 Oliver Elem. Bot. i. vii. 84 Petals..clawed. 1878 Ziemssen's Cycl. Med. XIV. 121 The commonest deformity is the so-called clawed hand. |