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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Paw \Paw\, verb (used without an object) To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot. --Job xxxix. 21.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Paw \Paw\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Pawed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pawing}.]
1. To pass the paw over; to stroke or handle with the paws; hence, to handle fondly or rudely.
2. To scrape or beat with the forefoot.
His hot courser pawed the Hungarian plane. --Tickell.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Paw \Paw\ (p[add]), noun [OE. pawe, poue, OF. poe: cf. patte, LG. pote, D. poot, G. pfote.]
1. The foot of a quadruped having claws, as the lion, dog, cat, etc.
2. The hand. [Jocose] --Dryden.
{Paw clam} (Zo["o]l.), the tridacna; -- so called because shaped like an animal's paw.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
paw
noun
1: a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped
2: the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb; "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt" [syn: {hand}, {manus}, {mitt}]
verb
1: scrape with the paws; "The bear pawed the door"
2: touch clumsily; "The man tried to paw her"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
78 Moby Thesaurus words for "paw": arch, bad, claws, clubfoot, clutches, coarse, come in contact, digit, digits, dirty, dog, extremity, fangs, feel, feel of, fetlock, filthy, finger, fingernails, fingers, flick, foot, forefoot, forepaw, foul, handle, hands, harefoot, heel, hoof, hooks, ill-behaved, indecent, instep, jaws, mandibles, manipulate, maxillae, meathooks, misbehaving, mischievous, mitts, nails, nasty, nippers, pad, palm, palpate, pastern, patte, pedal extremity, pedes, pes, pied, pincers, ply, poke at, pounces, prod, pug, raunchy, smutty, sole, splayfoot, talons, tap, teeth, thumb, toe, tootsy, touch, trotter, twiddle, unguals, ungula, ungulae, vulgar, wield
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
PAW {Physics Analysis Workbench}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
PAW++ An extended version of PAW with a Motif human interface.
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