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Webster 1913 Edition


Clapperclaw

Clap′per-claw

(klăp′pẽr-kla̤)
,
Verb.
T.
[
Clap
+
claw
.]
1.
To fight and scratch.
C. Smart.
2.
To abuse with the tongue; to revile; to scold.

Definition 2024


clapperclaw

clapperclaw

English

Verb

clapperclaw (third-person singular simple present clapperclaws, present participle clapperclawing, simple past and past participle clapperclawed)

  1. (obsolete) To fight and scratch.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of C. Smart to this entry?)
  2. (obsolete) To abuse with words; to revile; to scold.