† clechen.
Obsolete. rare.
A clutch.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > paw or foot
footOE
cleche?c1225
clutchc1230
pote1398
pad1791
paw1843
crubeen1847
podium1858
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [noun]
handeOE
cleche?c1225
fista1300
dallea1500
clutcha1529
gripea1555
famble1567
claw1577
golla1586
patte1586
manus1598
pickers and stealers1604
fore-foota1616
pud1654
daddle?1725
fin1785
mauley1789
feeler1825
maniple1829
flipper1832
flapper1834
grappler1852
duke1874
mitt1893
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > paw or foot > foot with claws > talon or claw
clawa700
clivera1000
naillOE
cleafre?c1225
cleche?c1225
crook?c1225
clutchc1230
cleec1250
pawc1330
cromea1400
clawrec1400
pouncea1475
talons?a1475
ungle1481
ongle1484
gripe1578
sere1606
unce1609
pouncer1704
unguisc1790
griff1820
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 134 Leoste he draȝe utwart...&..warpen on ow hise cleches [a1250 Nero crokes, a1250 Titus clokes].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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