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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
agonized, convulsed, crucified, dentate, digital, digitate, digitated, fanged, fingered, footed, harrowed, hoofed, jawed, lacerated, lancinated, on the rack, pedal, plantar, prehensile, racked, raptorial, ripped, savaged, taloned, toed, toothed, tortured, under the harrow, ungulate, wrung
Dictionary Results for clawed:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
clawed
    adj 1: having or resembling a claw or claws; often used as a
           combining form; "sharp-clawed"
    2: (of predatory animals) armed with claws or talons [syn:
       clawed, taloned]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Claw \Claw\ (kl[add]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clawed (kl[add]d);
   p. pr. & vb. n. Clawing.] [AS. clawan. See Claw, n.]
   1. To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or
      nails.
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   2. To relieve from some uneasy sensation, as by scratching;
      to tickle; hence, to flatter; to court. [Obs.]
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            Rich men they claw, soothe up, and flatter; the poor
            they contemn and despise.             --Holland.
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   3. To rail at; to scold. [Obs.]
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            In the aforesaid preamble, the king fairly claweth
            the great monasteries, wherein, saith he, religion,
            thanks be to God, is right well kept and observed;
            though he claweth them soon after in another
            acceptation.                          --T. Fuller
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   Claw me, claw thee, stand by me and I will stand by you; --
      an old proverb. --Tyndale.

   To claw away, to scold or revile. "The jade Fortune is to
      be clawed away for it, if you should lose it."
      --L'Estrange.

   To claw (one) on the back, to tickle; to express
      approbation. (Obs.) --Chaucer.

   To claw (one) on the gall, to find fault with; to vex.
      [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Clawed \Clawed\ (kl[add]d), a.
   Furnished with claws. --N. Grew.
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