What does "paw" mean?
Paw: The hand. [Jocose] Dryden. Paw clam (Zoöl.), the tridacna; -- so called because shaped like an animal's paw.
Additional senses
- 2.To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot. Job xxxix.
- 3.1. To pass the paw over; to stroke or handle with the paws; hence, to handle fondly or rudely.
- 4.To scrape or beat with the forefoot. His hot courser pawed the Hungarian plane. Tickell.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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