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Claw hammer coat

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.

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

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

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

    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.

    Claw sickness, foot rot, a disease affecting sheep.