[f. as prec. + -ING2.] That claws; spec. flattering, fawning (obs.).
1573. A. Anderson, Expos. Benedictus, 65 b (T.). Using your clawing colour.
1646. Buck, Rich. III., 78. Some triviall clawing Pamphleteers, and historical parasites.
1682. Sir T. Browne, Chr. Mor. (1756), 32. To afford a credulous ear unto the clawing suggestions of fancy.
Hence Clawingly adv., flatteringly (obs.).
1566. Drant, Horace Sat., V. D b. I can tell them clawyngly.
