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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Claw n.
 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.
 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. [Slang]
 Claw sickness, foot rot, a disease affecting sheep.