Clawed

a. [f. CLAW sb. + -ED².] Having claws (in various senses; see CLAW sb.).

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c. 1300. K. Alis., 4969. Her honden … Ben … clawed after hound.

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1668. Wilkins, Real Char., 441. Beast … Whole-footed, Cloven-footed, and Clawed.

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1767. Phil. Trans., LVII. 189. The clawed pillar D.

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1838–9. Hallam, Hist. Lit., IV. IV. viii. § 16. 346. Quadrupeds … hoofed and clawed.

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1843. Carlyle, Past & Pr. (1858), 124. Detestable clawed hands.

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1869. Oliver, Elem. Bot., I. vii. 84. Petals … clawed.

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1878. Ziemssen’s Cycl. Med., XIV. 12. The commonest deformity is the so-called clawed hand.

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