The foot of a quadruped having claws, as the lion, dog, cat, etc.
The hand. [Jocose] Dryden. Paw clam (Zoöl.), the tridacna; -- so called because shaped like an animal's paw.
To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot. Job xxxix. 21.
To pass the paw over; to stroke or handle with the paws; hence, to handle fondly or rudely.
To scrape or beat with the forefoot. His hot courser pawed the Hungarian plane. Tickell.
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