Claw hammer

Claw hammer
Claw Claw (kl[add]), n. [AS. clawu, cl[=a], cle['o]; akin to D. klaauw, G. klaue, Icel. kl[=o], Sw. & Dan. klo, and perh. to E. clew.] 1. A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird. [1913 Webster]

2. The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc. [1913 Webster]

3. Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails. [1913 Webster]

4. (Bot.) A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the pink. --Gray. [1913 Webster]

{Claw hammer}, a hammer with one end of the metallic head cleft for use in extracting nails, etc.

{Claw hammer coat}, a dress coat of the swallowtail pattern. [Slang]

{Claw sickness}, foot rot, a disease affecting sheep. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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