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English Dictionary: PAW by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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"
    Synonym(s): hand, manus, mitt, paw
v
  1. scrape with the paws; "The bear pawed the door"
  2. touch clumsily; "The man tried to paw her"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
  
      2. The hand. [Jocose] --Dryden.
  
      {Paw clam} (Zo[94]l.), the tridacna; -- so called because
            shaped like an animal's paw.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paw \Paw\, v. i.
      To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with
      the forefoot. --Job xxxix. 21.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
  
      2. To scrape or beat with the forefoot.
  
                     His hot courser pawed the Hungarian plane.
                                                                              --Tickell.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   PAW
  
      {Physics Analysis Workbench}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   PAW++
  
      An extended version of PAW with a Motif human interface.
  
  
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