v. [f. BE- 4 + CLAW.] trans. To scratch or tear all over with claws or nails.
1603. Holland, Plutarch’s Mor., 1231. Crœsus … caught one of the nobles … and within a fullers mill all to beclawed and mangled him.
1609. Rowlands, Knaue of C., 6. And with her Nailes be clawd Them cruelly.
