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clawing

clawing (plural clawings)

A scratch with the claws.
- 1750, The Universal Magazine, volume 7, page 52:
  […] they are nevertheless always like the lion's keeper, who, when by long patience, a thousand feedings, and a thousand clawings, he hath made a fierce lion familiar, yet never gives him meat, but with pulling back his hand, always in fear […]

clawing (comparative more clawing, superlative most clawing)

clawing

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 ==English==
+===Pronunciation===
+* {{rhymes|en|ɔːɪŋ|s=2}}
+* {{rhymes|en|ɔːɹɪŋ}} (intrusive R)
 ===Verb===
+{{head|en|verb form}}
-'''clawing'''
+# {{infl of|en|claw||ing-form}}
+===Noun===
+{{en-noun}}
+# A scratch with the claws.
+#* {{quote-text|en|year=1750|title=The Universal Magazine|volume=7|page=52
+|passage={{...}} they are nevertheless always like the lion's keeper, who, when by long patience, a thousand feedings, and a thousand '''clawings''', he hath made a fierce lion familiar, yet never gives him meat, but with pulling back his hand, always in fear {{...}}}}
+===Adjective===
+{{en-adj}}
+# Causing a [[visceral]] [[sensation]] of [[panic]] or [[terror]].
+#: '''''clawing''' fear''
+===Derived terms===
+{{col-auto|en|clawingly}}
+==Middle English==
+===Noun===
-# {{present participle of|claw}}
+{{head|enm|noun}}
+# {{alt form|enm|clawynge}}
-[[de:clawing]]
-[[fr:clawing]]
-[[vi:clawing]]