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==English==
==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{rhymes|en|ɔːɪŋ|s=2}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɔːɹɪŋ}} (intrusive R)


===Verb===
===Verb===
{{head|en}}
{{head|en|verb form}}


# {{present participle of|claw|lang=en}}
# {{infl of|en|claw||ing-form}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
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# A scratch with the claws.
# A scratch with the claws.
#* '''1750''', ''The Universal Magazine'' (volume 7, page 52)
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1750|title=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 {{...}}
|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===
{{head|enm|noun}}


# {{alt form|enm|clawynge}}
[[de:clawing]]
[[fr:clawing]]
[[hu:clawing]]
[[mg:clawing]]
[[vi:clawing]]

Latest revision as of 21:47, 1 July 2024

English

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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clawing

  1. present participle and gerund of claw

Noun

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clawing (plural clawings)

  1. 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 []

Adjective

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clawing (comparative more clawing, superlative most clawing)

  1. Causing a visceral sensation of panic or terror.
    clawing fear

Derived terms

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Middle English

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Noun

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clawing

  1. Alternative form of clawynge