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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	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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	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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	paw
    n 1: a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped
    2: the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb; "he had the
       hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt" [syn: hand,
       manus, mitt, paw]
    v 1: scrape with the paws; "The bear pawed the door"
    2: touch clumsily; "The man tried to paw her"

	

	78 Moby Thesaurus words for "paw":
   arch, bad, claws, clubfoot, clutches, coarse, come in contact,
   digit, digits, dirty, dog, extremity, fangs, feel, feel of,
   fetlock, filthy, finger, fingernails, fingers, flick, foot,
   forefoot, forepaw, foul, handle, hands, harefoot, heel, hoof,
   hooks, ill-behaved, indecent, instep, jaws, mandibles, manipulate,
   maxillae, meathooks, misbehaving, mischievous, mitts, nails, nasty,
   nippers, pad, palm, palpate, pastern, patte, pedal extremity,
   pedes, pes, pied, pincers, ply, poke at, pounces, prod, pug,
   raunchy, smutty, sole, splayfoot, talons, tap, teeth, thumb, toe,
   tootsy, touch, trotter, twiddle, unguals, ungula, ungulae, vulgar,
   wield

	

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