| 单词 |
clawing |
| 释义 |
▪ I. clawing, vbl. n.|ˈklɔːɪŋ|
[f. claw v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb claw.
1. Scratching, scraping, etc.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. vii. lxiii. (1495) 278 A drye scabbe hath..desyrynge of frotynge, rubbynge, cratchynge, and clawynge. c1475Babees Bk. (1868) 4 Thurhe clowyng your flesshe loke yee nat rent. 1527St. Papers Hen. VIII, I. 233 His leg, by a little clawing..is swelled and grevith him sore. 1614Markham Cheap Husb. i. ii. (1668) 10 Will..patiently indure currying, combing, rubbing, clawing. 1873R. Broughton Nancy III. ii. 31 Vick [the dog] is sitting on my lap, making little impatient clawings at my defenceless countenance.
†2. fig. Flattery. Obs.
1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Pref. 5 Ticleyng or clawing of adulacion. 1553N. Grimalde tr. Cicero's Offices (c 1600) 96 a, That selfe same clawing of the multitude. 1639Baker in Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. cxliii. 3 He can do no good upon me with fawning and clawing.
▪ II. clawing, ppl. a.|ˈklɔːɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That claws; spec. flattering, fawning (obs.).
1573A. Anderson Expos. Benedictus 65 b (T.), Using your clawing colour. 1646Buck Rich. III, 78 Some triviall clawing Pamphleteers, and historical parasites. 1682Sir T. Browne Chr. Mor. (1756) 32 To afford a credulous ear unto the clawing suggestions of fancy.
Hence ˈclawingly adv., flatteringly (obs.).
1566Drant Horace Sat. v. D b, I can tell them clawyngly. |
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