From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Paw \Paw\, v. i.
To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with
the forefoot. --Job xxxix. 21.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Paw \Paw\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pawed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pawing.]
1. To pass the paw over; to stroke or handle with the paws;
hence, to handle fondly or rudely.
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2. To scrape or beat with the forefoot.
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His hot courser pawed the Hungarian plane.
--Tickell.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Paw \Paw\ (p[add]), n. [OE. pawe, poue, OF. poe: cf. patte, LG.
pote, D. poot, G. pfote.]
1. The foot of a quadruped having claws, as the lion, dog,
cat, etc.
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2. The hand. [Jocose] --Dryden.
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Paw clam (Zool.), the tridacna; -- so called because shaped
like an animal's paw.
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