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Claw: Definition and part of speech

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Claw

  1. n. A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the pink.
  2. n. A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.
  3. n. The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc.
  4. n. Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Clay: Definition and part of speech

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Clay

  1. n. Earth in general, as representing the elementary particles of the human body; hence, the human body as formed from such particles.
  2. n. A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is the result of the wearing down and decomposition, in part, of rocks containing aluminous minerals, as granite. Lime, magnesia, oxide of iron, and other ingredients, are often present as impurities.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.