clapper claw

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• Clapper

  ·noun A rabbit burrow. II. Clapper ·noun A person who claps. III. Clapper ·noun That which strikes...

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• clapper

  The tongue of a bell, and figuratively of a man or woman. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• clapper

  A name for the valve of a pump-box. Also, a plank or foot-bridge across a running stream; also, the ...

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• Claw

  ·noun To rail at; to <<Scold>>. II. Claw ·noun A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird. III. C...

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• shoulder clapper

  A bailiff, or member of the catch club. Shoulder-clapped; arrested. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• bonny-clapper

  (Irish, baine, milk, and clabar, mire.) An Irish term for sour buttermilk.--Nares' Glossary. We sc...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Wolf's-claw

  ·noun A kind of club moss. ·see <<Lycopodium>>. ...

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• lobster's – claw

  n. another name for Sturt's Desert Pea (q.v.). ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• claw off

  See claw, to ...

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• claw, to

  , or claw off To beat, or turn to windward from a lee-shore, so as to be at sufficient distance fr...

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• devil's claw

  A very strong kind of split hook made to grasp a link of a chain cable, and used as a stopper. ...

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