CAT'S-PAW

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A light transitory air which ruffles the surface of the water during a calm, or the ripples made by such a puff of air.

2.
n.

A particular hitch or turn in the bight of a rope, into which a tackle may be hooked.

3.
n.

A dupe; a tool; one who, or that which, is used by another as an instrument to a accomplish his purposes.


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