pawn.¹

Brit.

/pɔː/, U.S.

/pɔ/,

/pɑ/

Forms: Middle English paune (plural), Middle English pauwe, Middle English powe, Middle English–1600s pawe, 1500s– paw; English regional (northern) 1800s– paa, 1900s– po; also Scottish pre-1700 poll, pre-1700 pow, 1800s pa'.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French powe.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman powe, poue, Anglo-Norman and Old French poe (12th cent.; Middle French poe ; compare also Anglo-Norman pode and Old French, Middle French pote , Old Occitan pauta (early 15th cent.; Occitan pauta ), Catalan pota (1371)), apparently related to Middle Dutch poot , pōt , pote (Dutch poot ), Middle Low German pōte ( > German Pfote (late 15th cent.; in early modern German also as †pfate )), although the precise relationship is unclear; further etymology uncertain, probably from a pre-Roman and pre-Celtic language. In sense 3 after paw v.Perhaps compare the non-Celtic pre-Roman personal name Pauto in an inscription from Arel in present-day Belgium.

a. The foot or claw of a bird; the foot or claw of a dragon. Also in extended use. Now rare.

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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

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > paw or foot

footOE

cleche?c1225

clutchc1230

pote1398

pad1791

paw1843

crubeen1847

podium1858

c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 1491 (MED) To dragouns þer layen..Þat on was rede so þe fer..Euerich powe a span long.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 1697 (MED) Al watz gray as þe glede, wyth ful grymme clawres Þat were croked and kene as þe kyte paune.

c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer House of Fame 541 This egle..with hys grymme pawes stronge..Me..he hente.

c1450 (a1400) Libeaus Desconus (Calig. A.ii) (1969) 1996 (MED) A warm come out apace Wyth a wommanes face..Her tayl was myche vn-mete, Hyr pawes grymly grete.

?1573 L. Lloyd Pilgrimage of Princes f. 47 Y^e gryping pawes of a hungry Sparhaucke.

1607 T. Heywood Woman Kilde with Kindnesse sig. B2^v Mine..ceazd a fowle within her talents, and you saw her pawse Full of the feathers.

1814 F. Burney Wanderer V. 138 Where not even a bird could find a twig for the sole of his paw.

1843 F. Marryat Narr. Trav. M. Violet III. xiii. 293 The mud vampire, a kind of spider leech, with sixteen short paws.

1972 J. M. Crook Brit. Museum i. 37 Its head and paw [sc. those of the Oxford specimen of the dodo] were saved from burning in 1755 and still survive in the University Science Museum.

b. The foot of an animal having claws and pads. Also: the hand of a monkey or ape.Used of the feet of mammals such as carnivores and rodents.

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the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > toe or claw

clawa700

toec1386

palma1425

pawc1440

talon1486

spur1548

heel1631

heel spur1871

pinion-claw1884

bird claw1889

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > paw or foot > foot with claws

clawOE

clee1393

pawc1440

c1440 (a1350) Sir Isumbras (Thornton) (1844) 181 (MED) So come a lyonne..And in hir pawes scho hent the childe.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xii. l. 249 The wod lyoun..With his rude pollis in the mantill rocht sa.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xi. xiii. 70 Ane hydduus wolfis..With chaftis braid, quhyte teith, and bustuus powis.

a1529 J. Skelton Phyllyp Sparowe (?1545) sig. A.viii The lyons in theyr rage Myght catche y^e in theyr pawes, And gnawe y^e in theyr iawes.

1611 Bible (King James) Lev. xi. 27 Whatsoeuer goeth vpon his pawes, among all maner of beasts.

1698 tr. F. Froger Relation Voy. Coasts Afr. 159 An old Monkey..with a great piece of Bacon in his Paws.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. v. 97 He asked me what my Thoughts and Speculations were while I lay in the Monkey's Paw.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 28 The squirrel..sits up on its hinder legs, and uses the fore paws as hands.

1826 Edinb. Rev. Feb. 309 The taguan knocks you down with a blow of his paw, if suddenly interrupted, but will run away if you give him time to do so.

1871 ‘L. Carroll’ Through Looking-glass i. 3 Kitty sat..on her knee,..now and then putting out one paw and gently touching the ball.

1921 R. S. Woodworth Psychol. (1922) xiii. 308 (caption) A puzzle box. The animal must here reach his paw out between the bars and raise the latch.

1988 P. Pullman Shadow in North i. 8 The dog lay down and put its head on its paws.

c. Heraldry. The paw of an animal (esp. a lion) as represented on a coat of arms.In technical use sometimes used specifically to denote the lowest part of the leg, extending as far as the first joint (cf. gamb n.).

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1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xv. 143 He beareth Sable, two Lions Pawes, issuing out of a Dexter and Sinister base points.

1661 P. Enderbie Cambria Triumphans ii. (insertion between p. 250 and p. 251) 3 beares pawes Erected sable incensed Gules.

1712 H. Curzon Universal Libr. II. 373 The Paw of a Lyon is called a Gamb.

1776 H. Clark & T. Wormull Short & Easy Introd. Heraldry (ed. 2) 29 If it [sc. the fore-leg] be couped or erazed near the middle joint, then it is called a paw.

1883 Trans. Shropshire Archæol. & Nat. Hist. Soc. 6 246 2 lions' paws chevronwise, issuing from the sides of the shield.

1904 A. C. Fox-Davies Art Heraldry 145 Many writers make a distinction between the gamb..and the paw, but this distinction cannot be said to be always rigidly observed.

1980 J. Fearn Discovering Heraldry iii. 26 The legs and paws of lions and bears..occur occasionally but not nearly so frequently as stag's attires and horseshoes.

2007 C. Hartop Brit. & Irish Silver 173 The crest, that of a paw erect grasping a sprig, is unidentified.

†d. Probably: = cat's paw n. 2. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > person as > mere

stale1580

creature1587

puppet1592

motion1602

property1611

looma1650

tool1663

cat's-foot1675

cat's paw1785

paw1824

dummy1866

stooge1937

1824 J. Galt Rothelan III. 225 His money became as paws to my vices.

a. A person's hand.Generally used to imply clumsiness, roughness, or greed; sometimes also used colloquially and humorously, as of a child's hand, etc. to get one's paws on: to get hold of; to acquire.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [noun] > types of

pawa1450

talons1594

mutton-fist1664

clunch1709

baby hand1763

needle-hand1827

a1450 St. Margaret (Bodl. 779) l. 159 in A. S. M. Clark Seint Maregrete & Body & Soul (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Michigan) (1972) 41 (MED) Wit ȝoure charpe naylis here flesch ȝe of drawe, & techeþ here Ihere to mahoundis lawe; & ȝif ȝhe nele Ileue on him, todraueþ here wit ȝoure pawe Here flessche fram here bonis.

c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine (Arun. 396) (1893) v. 138 (MED) Shewe ȝe som reson openly that we may knawe If þat ȝoure goddis wyth the rough pauwe haue other euydens þan we can proue.

1581 T. Newton tr. Seneca Thebais iii, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 52 With wrekefull Pawe Hee [sc. Oedipus] pulld his Eyes.

a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. E2 Edward, vnfold thy pawes, And let their liues bloud slake thy furies hunger.

1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles in Plays (1873) I. 141 I made no more adoe, but layd these pawes Close on his shoulders.

1679 T. Kirke Mod. Acct. Scotl. 16 They are conducted into the House..where the Lord..receives them with his grand Paw.

1700 E. Ward Step to Bath 4 After a profound Cringe or two, with a Gripe of the Paw, and as many Amorous Glances at my Charming Widdow..we parted.

1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxiii. 323 He held both Hands out, and a fine Pair of Paws shew'd he!

1826 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 21 Oct. 240 He..laid his hand upon my knee! ‘Take away your paw,’ said I.

1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack vi. 35 The boys were all mustered next morning, towing a line, and holding out their paws.

1932 J. T. Farrell Young Lonigan i. ii. 51 Father Gilhooley floridly..pursed his fat lips, rubbed his fat paws together and suavely caressed his bay front.

1952 Good Housek. (U.S. ed.) Dec. 115/2 (caption) Are your hands red and rough? At bedtime rub them with rich cream and slip on these light, pretty mitts. By morning, your paws will be softer and whiter.

1996 Just Seventeen 14 Aug. 52/3 35 jammy readers can get their paws on the whole set.

†b. A person's handwriting or signature; = hand n. 16, 16b. Obsolete.

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society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [noun] > of individual

fista1556

character1569

handwriting1599

paw1628

orthograph1835

MS1843

mauley1851

1628 W. Prynne Briefe Suruay Mr. Cozens 3 You may discouer the Authors qualities and conditions, by this his Paw, and Handyworke.

1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi vii. App. 76/2 To this Instrument were set the Paws of Edgeremet, and Five more of their Sagamores.

1784 F. Burney Diary & Lett. (1842) II. viii. 308 The sight of your paw..would be well worth all the pence I have.

1890 ‘M. E. Francis’ Yeoman Fleetwood 245 Let us see this document. My own paw, sure enough.

c. paws off: = hands off int.Earliest in †paws off, Caesar and (esp.) paws off, Pompey, Caesar and Pompey formerly being popular names for dogs (see Pompey n. 1).

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the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [phrase] > do not interfere

paws off1760

1760 A. Murphy Way to keep Him 4 Will. Come and kiss me, you jade, come and kiss me. Muslin. Paws off, Cæsar.

1803 Cartoon 16 Apr. in Catal. Prints: Polit. & Personal Satires (Brit. Mus.) (1947) VIII. 138 I ax pardon Master Boney, but as we says Paws off Pompey, we keep this little Spot to Ourselves.

1834 F. Marryat Jacob Faithful I. xii. 212 Although she liked to be noticed so far by the other chaps, yet Ben was the only one she ever wished to be handled by—it was ‘Paws off, Pompey’, with all the rest.

1932 S. Gibbons Cold Comfort Farm xx. 276 He was just reaching out in a dreamy, absent kind of way..when Mrs Beetle gave a sharp dab at his hand, exclaiming: ‘Paws off, Pompey!’

2003 Contra Costa (Calif.) Times (Nexis) 25 Sept. f4 The kiss... It's..the easiest way to announce to anyone within viewing distance, ‘Paws off! This one's with me!’.

3. The action, or an act, of pawing.

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the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [noun] > pawing

paw1611

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Onglade, a scratch, or paw with, or the print, or marke of, nayles; a nayle-marke.

1847 J. G. Whittier Drovers vi With toss of horn and tail, And paw of hoof,..They leap some farmer's broken pale.

Compounds

C1.

paw-mark n.

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1874 Littell's Living Age 19 Sept. 759/1 ‘Has the old dog left any paw-marks on me?’ she asked herself.

1885 ‘M. Field’ William Rufus v. ii, in Father's Trag. 206 The grinning devil and vile beast, Who sets his paw-mark on the simpleton Living for this world's praise.

1975 Sunday Times 16 Nov. 44/4 Every pawmark shows up on those virgin white surfaces.

paw-stroke n.

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1899 J. Conrad Heart of Darkness ii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 489/2 The playful paw-strokes of the wilderness, the preliminary trifling before the more serious onslaught.

2003 Internet Mag. (Nexis) 1 Oct. 20 The cat jumps onto your keyboard and in a diabolic combination of paw-strokes (cats are evil!) empties your Recycle bin.

paw-tread n.

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1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Dec. 6/2 I examine the powder round the doors for footmarks or paw-treads.

paw-printed adj.

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1882 E. J. Lee-Hamilton New Medusa 64 Remnants..On the paw-printed snow had been dragged here and there.

2002 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 7 Dec. 32 Keep your pooch cosy this winter with a paw-printed machine washable blanket.

C2.

paw print n. a print made by a paw; (colloquial) a dirty mark made by a person's hand or fingers; (also figurative) a person's mark or signature.

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society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > [noun]

tokenc1000

distinctionc1374

differencea1398

signeta1425

knowledge?c1475

smell?a1505

markc1522

badge1529

note1583

impress1590

monument1590

type1595

stamp1600

pressure1604

mintage1612

criterion1613

impressa1628

differencer1633

lineament1638

mole1644

discrimination1646

tessera1647

diagnostic1651

monumental1657

discretive1660

signate1662

footmark1666

trait1752

memorandum1766

fingerprint1792

insignia1796

identifier1807

designative1824

cachet1840

differentiator1854

tanga1867

trademark1869

signature1873

totem1875

differential1883

earmarkings1888

paw print1894

discriminator1943

ident1952

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > dirty mark > made by finger or thumb

finger marka1661

thumb-mark1845

paw print1894

society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [noun] > left by the passage of something > of a person or animal > track of footprints > footprint

trod946

lastOE

foot sporeOE

tread?c1225

stepc1290

footstepa1300

solec1325

tracta1547

footprint1552

traces1552

footing1563

foot track1600

accub1623

vestigating1634

vestige1656

seal1686

sign1692

footmark1756

stabble1863

pelmatogram1890

paw print1894

1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words 520 Paa-prent, used derisively for a smudge or hand print.

1925 Scribner's Mag. July 33/1 I saw..the curious paw print of a porcupine, with its little pebbled markings.

1968 C. Nicole Self Lovers vii. 88 The whole thing has his pawprints all over it. His speciality is taking his victims swimming at dawn.

1997 Sunday Mirror (Nexis) 23 Mar. 31 Make your child's bedroom a fun place to play... Use a bold colour on the walls which will hide grubby paw prints.

Derivatives

ˈpawlike adj.

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1844 G. Lippard Herbert Tracy ii. iii. 112 Near the mother and daughter, with his large eyes fixed upon his massive, pawlike hands, which were laid upon his knees, sat the negro.

1934 A. Gesell & H. Thompson Infant Behavior iii. 177 At 28 weeks there is a significant improvement in this crude, paw-like orientation.

1989 K. Newman Night Mayor (1990) (BNC) 64 He threw away the useless handle, collapsed on the linoleum and started scrabbling at his clothes with pawlike hands.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pawn.²

Brit.

/pɔː/, U.S.

/pɔ/,

/pɑ/, Scottish English

/pɔ/

Forms:

α. pre-1700 1700s– paw, 1700s– pa'.

β. (Shetland) 1900s– pja, 1900s– pjaa, 1900s– pjaw, 1900s– pyaa.

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps related to pavie n.¹ Compare pew n.³Derivations < French pas ‘step’ (see pace n.¹, and compare Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at paw n.² for an isolated Older Scots borrowing) or < paw n.¹ have been suggested, but neither is completely convincing. See also Sc. National Dict. at paw n.¹, v., pyauve v., n. With to play paw perhaps compare to play pew at pew n.² 2a.

Scottish. Now rare.

A slight movement or motion; an action, a deed. Also: a breath. to play a paw: to play a trick. to play one's paws: to play one's part in acting or in life. (not) to play paw: (not) to make the slightest movement, (not) to lift a finger.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > play tricks [phrase]

to do or make a blenk or blencha1250

to play (a person) a pageant1530

to give one the geck1568

to play a paw1568

to draw through the water with a cat1631

come1714

to run one's rig upon1793

to come (the) paddy over1809

to work a traverse1840

to go on, have, take a lark1884

to pull a fast one1912

to take for a ride1925

to pull a person's pissera1935

to pull a person's chain1975

the world > movement > absence of movement > [verb (intransitive)]

darec1220

(not) to play paw?a1700

not to move a muscle1843

1568 A. Scott Poems (1896) xxv. 14 Remane with me and tary still And se quha playis best thair pawis.

1689 Memorable Battle Killy Crankie (single sheet) They thought the D—l had been there, That gave them such a Paw then.

?a1700 Jock o' Side xiv, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1889) III. vi. 480/1 His neck in twa I wat they hae wrung, Wi hand or foot he neer playd paw.

1715 in J. Hogg Jacobite Relics (1821) II. 4 And then in a tether he'll swing from a ladder, And go off the stage with a pa', man.

1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 313/2 Some day when ye couldna play paw to help yoursels.

1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. Paw, ti play paw, to make the slightest motion.

1962 New Shetlander No. 63. 29 A ‘batt a wind’ is a peerie breeze, an a ‘pirr’ and ‘pyaa’ joost a braeth.

1979 J. J. Graham Shetland Dict. at Pyaa Dey wir hardly a pyaa atil him whin we fann him ida hill.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pawn.³

Brit.

/pɔː/, U.S.

/pɔ/,

/pɑ/

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: pa n.¹

Etymology: Variant of pa n.¹ Compare maw n.⁶Chiefly U.S. regional (see discussion s.v. pa n.¹), also Canadian, and 20th-cent. Scottish.

colloquial (chiefly U.S. regional).

= pa n.¹ Cf. maw n.⁶

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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > father > [noun]

fatherOE

sirec1250

authora1398

flesh-fathera1400

genitor1447

daddy1523

dad1533

bab1598

patera1600

dada1672

relieving officer1677

papa1681

pappy1722

baba1771

pa1773

governor1783

paw1826

fatherkin1839

pop1840

bap1842

pap1844

da1851

baba1862

puppa1885

pops1893

poppa1897

pot and pan1900

papasana1904

daddy-o1913

bapu1930

baby-father1932

abba1955

birth father1977

1826 A. N. Royall Sketches Hist., Life, & Manners U.S. 121 Here too you have the ‘paw and maw’..and ‘tote’, with a long train of their kindred.

1873 Appletons' Jrnl. 18 Oct. 487/3 There come her paw and her maw.

1884 S. Marble Maiden & Coachman MSS. i. i. 1 Paw theres a man down stairs.

1902 J. J. Bell Wee MacGreegor Enlists iv Hap me weel, an' cairry me, Paw.

1929 W. Faulkner Sound & Fury 46 Your paw told you to stay out that tree.

1981 W. Safire in N.Y. Times Mag. 13 Dec. 16 Paw could whop the errant son with Maw out of earshot.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† pawadj.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: pah adj.

Etymology: Variant of pah adj. Compare paw int. N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (pǭ) /pɔː/.

colloquial. Obsolete.

Improper, obscene. Chiefly in paw word. Cf. paw-paw adj.

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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [adjective]

unhonest13..

inhonest1340

undecent1563

broad1579

nasty1601

indecent1613

paw1668

paw-paw1723

improper1739

unproper1797

fie-fie1812

warm1814

blue1818

indecorous1829

off-colour1875

sultry1887

suggestive1888

scorching1890

juicy1923

gamey1945

1668 W. Davenant Man's the Master iv. i, in Wks. (1874) V. 72 This Tarquin-steward would have kist me by force. Steph. Kiss you! fye, that's a paw-word.

1675 W. Wycherley Country-wife v. 84 Pshaw, wench and Pimp, paw words, I know thou art an honest fellow.

1695 W. Congreve Love for Love v. i. 82 O fie, marrying is a paw thing.

1706 E. Wells Answer to Dowley 46 A paw word which is not fit to be written.

1741 H. Fielding Shamela x. 29 O la, Sir, says I, I don't understand your paw Words.—Very pretty Treatment indeed, says he, to say I use paw Words; Hussy, Gipsie, Hypocrite, Saucebox, Boldface, get out of my sight.

1758 T. Gray Let. Jan. (1935) II. 557 A well-made boy... I would only wash its face, dress it a little, make it walk upright & strong, & keep it from learning paw words.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

pawv.

Brit.

/pɔː/, U.S.

/pɔ/,

/pɑ/

Forms: late Middle English pawe, 1600s– paw, 1800s– paow (English regional (Cumberland)).

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: paw n.¹

Etymology: < paw n.¹

1. Of a person.

a. transitive. To touch or handle roughly, awkwardly, greedily, etc.; to strike roughly; to caress or fondle, esp. lecherously. Also figurative.Also with adverbs, as about, off, over, etc.

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the mind > emotion > love > action of caressing > caress [verb (transitive)] > fondle lasciviously

pawa1450

the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > touch or feel with the hand [verb (transitive)] > touch or handle awkwardly

pawa1450

thumb1593

fumble1609

thumble1614

to maum and gaum1738

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [verb (transitive)] > make unrefined > handle indelicately or roughly

pawa1450

a1450 (?1404) in J. Kail 26 Polit. Poems (1904) 15 (MED) After men lyue is comoun voys, In wrongwys dede, or ryȝt lawe; Who doþ hem pyne, who doþ hem pawe, Eche on telle oþer.

1604 T. Middleton Blacke Bk. in Wks. (1885) VIII. 27 His palm shall be pawed with pence.

1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 22 The obscene, and surfeted Priest scruples not to paw, and mammock the sacramentall bread, as familiarly as his Tavern Bisket.

1701 G. Farquhar Sir Harry Wildair ii. i. 12 Have you been pawing me all this Morning with them dirty Fists of yours?

1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 65 A more enormous pair [of breasts] did my eyes never behold,..yet such as they were, this neck-beef-eater seemed to paw them with a most unenviable gust.

1851 Ld. Tennyson Princess (ed. 4) i. 15 Our great court-Galen..paw'd his beard, and call'd it catalepsy.

1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden viii. 456 Wherever a man goes, men will pursue and paw him with their dirty institutions, and, if they can, constrain him to belong to their desperate odd-fellow society.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvi. [Eumaeus] 613 Thereupon he pawed the journal open.

1955 G. Freeman Liberty Man i. iii. 51 Maureen had been mad for him to go on pawing her for hours last night.

1992 Independent 6 Feb. 5/3 Do you think I chose to be here, having the details of my involvement with this man pawed over by people like you?

b. intransitive. To grasp or strike at roughly or clumsily; to run a hand roughly, clumsily, or greedily over, through, etc., something.

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1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) xii. f. 153^v He ryseth streight vprights, And pawing at his emny [sic] with his horsish feete, he smyghts Uppon him.

1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode ii. i. 16 He is just Æsop's Ass, that would imitate the courtly French in his addresses; but, in stead of those, comes pawing upon me, and doing all things so mal a droitly.

1829 P. Egan Boxiana New Ser. II. 373 He offered no opposition, except as if he was pawing at his opponent.

1848 C. Kingsley Saint's Trag. iv. iv. 134 You will not let the mob..paw over all my limbs.

1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. viii. 87 A hand pawing about the door for the bobbin.

1930 D. Runyon in Collier's 13 Sept. 76/2 Butch starts pawing through his satchel looking for something.

1977 ‘J. Herriot’ Vets might Fly (BNC) 36 I'm sure that when I came out of the room I was staggering, and instinctively I pawed at my mouth.

1992 Economist 26 Dec. 91/1 The shoppers..paw over the merchandise as frantically as any blue-jeaned bargain-hunter.

2. Of an animal: to strike, claw at, or pat with the paw.

a. transitive. to paw out: to tear out with the paws. to paw up: to drag up with the paws.

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the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [verb (transitive)] > paw

paw?a1563

?a1563 W. Baldwin Beware Cat (1584) sig. Eiij I..got behind the cloth and to make the man speak I all to pawed him with my clawes vpon his bare legs and buttocks.

1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. G3^v I ha sent For a couple of beares shall paw him.

1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur ii. 40 The sporting Lyon Paws the wanton Bear.

1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 204 The Sheep will either paw it up, or pull it up with their mouths.

1891 M. M. Dowie Girl in Karpathians xiii. 177 One of his eyes was pawed out by a bear.

1918 W. Cather My Ántonia i. xvii. 137 Spring..impulsive and playful like a big puppy that pawed you and then lay down to be petted.

1980 B. Okri Flowers & Shadows iv. 27 He was just getting fond of the dog. It jumped and wagged its tail and pawed his shirt.

b. intransitive.

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the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [verb (intransitive)] > paw

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1605 T. Smith Voy. Russia C 1 b To behold one of the 3. gallant spectacles in the world, a Ship vnder sayle, loming (as they tearme it) indeede like a Lyon pawing with his forfeet.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 464 The Tawnie Lion, pawing to get free His hinder parts.

1707 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1886) 1 Nov. II. 67 A Lyoness, pawing upon y^e arms of France.

1826 J. F. Cooper Last of Mohicans II. viii. 130 The huge and unwieldly talons pawed stupidly about the grinning muzzle.

1938 Times 25 Mar. 11/3 Micky [sc. a chimpanzee]..broke out for three hours during which he..entered a school and pawed at a teacher.

1982 B. Chatwin On Black Hill iii. 19 A little dog came bounding out to greet her, yapping and pawing at her skirt.

3. Of an animal, esp. a horse: to strike, scrape, or beat the ground with the paws, hooves, etc. Also occasionally in extended use.Usually seen as an indication of disturbance, eagerness, impatience, etc.

a. intransitive.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [verb (intransitive)] > scrape strike ground

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a1586 [implied in: Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iii. sig. Bb2 The horse that lay vpon him, kept such a pawing with his feet, that Daætas durst not approch. (at pawing n. 1)].

1611 Bible (King James) Job xxxix. 21 He paweth in the valley, and reioyceth in his strength.

1690 Newslet. 30 Aug. in A. Wood Life & Times (1894) III. 339 The two horses..pawed over the iron spikes with their forefeet.

1713 A. Pope Windsor-Forest 7 Th' impatient Courser..pawing, seems to beat the distant Plain.

1751 Life John Daniel in Libr. Impostors (1926) I. iii. 34 A prodigious fierce bull..bellowing and pawing with desperate fury.

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 35 Dumple..walked to his own stable-door, and there pawed and whinnied for admission.

1877 T. De W. Talmage 50 Serm. 8 The horses paw and neigh to get into the stream.

1920 D. H. Lawrence Women in Love ix. 120 The mare pawed and struck away mechanically now, her terror fulfilled in her.

2003 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) (Nexis) Mar. 306 The horses pawed at the dirt and snorted.

b. transitive.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [verb (transitive)] > scrape or strike ground

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1655 R. Fanshawe tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad vii. liii. 146 Her Palfrey chew'd The foaming Bit, and (fiery) paw'd the dust.

1735 W. Somervile Chace ii. 92 With Ears And Tail erect, neighing he paws the Ground.

1767 W. Dodd Poems 140 There the British coursers neighing, Snuff the air, and paw the ground!

1877 J. A. Allen Amer. Bisons 468 The bulls are..fond of pawing the ground.

1887 H. Caine Deemster I. xii. 245 He listened with..his foot pawing the mat.

1905 Baroness Orczy Scarlet Pimpernel xv. 143 Sir Percy's magnificent bays were impatiently pawing the ground.

1993 N. Williams East of Wimbledon (BNC) 88 Ahead of them, a woman of about sixty in a blue tracksuit pawed the ground in the jogger's equivalent of neutral.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

† pawint.

Forms: also reduplicated.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: pah int.

Etymology: Variant of pah int. Compare pshaw int.

Obsolete.

= pah int.

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the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > disgust > exclamation of disgust [interjection]

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pah1592

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phah1593

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you wouldn't read about it1950

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1640 H. Glapthorne Hollander iv. i. sig. H2 Paw sir, you lose the priviledge of the Order, if you respect your money.

1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper iv. i. 43 Paw, paw! that word Honour has almost turn'd my Stomach.

1696 J. Harris City Bride iv. ii. 36 Peg. I shall be thought too weak to yield at first Sight. 2d W. Neigh. Paw! Paw! that's only Nicety.

1703 T. D'Urfey Old Mode & New ii. iii. 36 Paw, paw, ye are not sprouted up at all, y'are a meer Child in troth.

1743 Mrs. Slammekin Answer to Young Lady 16 I did not think such a thing could have come out of your Mouth... Oh paw paw!—I wash my Hands of you.

1791 R. Steele Tender Husband v. ii. 86 I have kist one that has eat frogs—paw! paw!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

n.¹c1330

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n.³1826

adj.1668

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int.1640

单词	paw
释义	pawn.¹ Brit. /pɔː/, U.S. /pɔ/, /pɑ/ Forms: Middle English paune (plural), Middle English pauwe, Middle English powe, Middle English–1600s pawe, 1500s– paw; English regional (northern) 1800s– paa, 1900s– po; also Scottish pre-1700 poll, pre-1700 pow, 1800s pa'. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French powe. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman powe, poue, Anglo-Norman and Old French poe (12th cent.; Middle French poe ; compare also Anglo-Norman pode and Old French, Middle French pote , Old Occitan pauta (early 15th cent.; Occitan pauta ), Catalan pota (1371)), apparently related to Middle Dutch poot , pōt , pote (Dutch poot ), Middle Low German pōte ( > German Pfote (late 15th cent.; in early modern German also as †pfate )), although the precise relationship is unclear; further etymology uncertain, probably from a pre-Roman and pre-Celtic language. In sense 3 after paw v.Perhaps compare the non-Celtic pre-Roman personal name Pauto in an inscription from Arel in present-day Belgium. 1. a. The foot or claw of a bird; the foot or claw of a dragon. Also in extended use. Now rare. ΘΚΠ 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 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > paw or foot footOE cleche?c1225 clutchc1230 pote1398 pad1791 paw1843 crubeen1847 podium1858 c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 1491 (MED) To dragouns þer layen..Þat on was rede so þe fer..Euerich powe a span long. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 1697 (MED) Al watz gray as þe glede, wyth ful grymme clawres Þat were croked and kene as þe kyte paune. c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer House of Fame 541 This egle..with hys grymme pawes stronge..Me..he hente. c1450 (a1400) Libeaus Desconus (Calig. A.ii) (1969) 1996 (MED) A warm come out apace Wyth a wommanes face..Her tayl was myche vn-mete, Hyr pawes grymly grete. ?1573 L. Lloyd Pilgrimage of Princes f. 47 Y^e gryping pawes of a hungry Sparhaucke. 1607 T. Heywood Woman Kilde with Kindnesse sig. B2^v Mine..ceazd a fowle within her talents, and you saw her pawse Full of the feathers. 1814 F. Burney Wanderer V. 138 Where not even a bird could find a twig for the sole of his paw. 1843 F. Marryat Narr. Trav. M. Violet III. xiii. 293 The mud vampire, a kind of spider leech, with sixteen short paws. 1972 J. M. Crook Brit. Museum i. 37 Its head and paw [sc. those of the Oxford specimen of the dodo] were saved from burning in 1755 and still survive in the University Science Museum. b. The foot of an animal having claws and pads. Also: the hand of a monkey or ape.Used of the feet of mammals such as carnivores and rodents. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > toe or claw clawa700 toec1386 palma1425 pawc1440 talon1486 spur1548 heel1631 heel spur1871 pinion-claw1884 bird claw1889 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > paw or foot > foot with claws clawOE clee1393 pawc1440 c1440 (a1350) Sir Isumbras (Thornton) (1844) 181 (MED) So come a lyonne..And in hir pawes scho hent the childe. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xii. l. 249 The wod lyoun..With his rude pollis in the mantill rocht sa. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xi. xiii. 70 Ane hydduus wolfis..With chaftis braid, quhyte teith, and bustuus powis. a1529 J. Skelton Phyllyp Sparowe (?1545) sig. A.viii The lyons in theyr rage Myght catche y^e in theyr pawes, And gnawe y^e in theyr iawes. 1611 Bible (King James) Lev. xi. 27 Whatsoeuer goeth vpon his pawes, among all maner of beasts. View more context for this quotation 1698 tr. F. Froger Relation Voy. Coasts Afr. 159 An old Monkey..with a great piece of Bacon in his Paws. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. v. 97 He asked me what my Thoughts and Speculations were while I lay in the Monkey's Paw. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 28 The squirrel..sits up on its hinder legs, and uses the fore paws as hands. 1826 Edinb. Rev. Feb. 309 The taguan knocks you down with a blow of his paw, if suddenly interrupted, but will run away if you give him time to do so. 1871 ‘L. Carroll’ Through Looking-glass i. 3 Kitty sat..on her knee,..now and then putting out one paw and gently touching the ball. 1921 R. S. Woodworth Psychol. (1922) xiii. 308 (caption) A puzzle box. The animal must here reach his paw out between the bars and raise the latch. 1988 P. Pullman Shadow in North i. 8 The dog lay down and put its head on its paws. c. Heraldry. The paw of an animal (esp. a lion) as represented on a coat of arms.In technical use sometimes used specifically to denote the lowest part of the leg, extending as far as the first joint (cf. gamb n.). ΚΠ 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xv. 143 He beareth Sable, two Lions Pawes, issuing out of a Dexter and Sinister base points. 1661 P. Enderbie Cambria Triumphans ii. (insertion between p. 250 and p. 251) 3 beares pawes Erected sable incensed Gules. 1712 H. Curzon Universal Libr. II. 373 The Paw of a Lyon is called a Gamb. 1776 H. Clark & T. Wormull Short & Easy Introd. Heraldry (ed. 2) 29 If it [sc. the fore-leg] be couped or erazed near the middle joint, then it is called a paw. 1883 Trans. Shropshire Archæol. & Nat. Hist. Soc. 6 246 2 lions' paws chevronwise, issuing from the sides of the shield. 1904 A. C. Fox-Davies Art Heraldry 145 Many writers make a distinction between the gamb..and the paw, but this distinction cannot be said to be always rigidly observed. 1980 J. Fearn Discovering Heraldry iii. 26 The legs and paws of lions and bears..occur occasionally but not nearly so frequently as stag's attires and horseshoes. 2007 C. Hartop Brit. & Irish Silver 173 The crest, that of a paw erect grasping a sprig, is unidentified. †d. Probably: = cat's paw n. 2. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > person as > mere stale1580 creature1587 puppet1592 motion1602 property1611 looma1650 tool1663 cat's-foot1675 cat's paw1785 paw1824 dummy1866 stooge1937 1824 J. Galt Rothelan III. 225 His money became as paws to my vices. 2. a. A person's hand.Generally used to imply clumsiness, roughness, or greed; sometimes also used colloquially and humorously, as of a child's hand, etc. to get one's paws on: to get hold of; to acquire. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [noun] > types of pawa1450 talons1594 mutton-fist1664 clunch1709 baby hand1763 needle-hand1827 a1450 St. Margaret (Bodl. 779) l. 159 in A. S. M. Clark Seint Maregrete & Body & Soul (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Michigan) (1972) 41 (MED) Wit ȝoure charpe naylis here flesch ȝe of drawe, & techeþ here Ihere to mahoundis lawe; & ȝif ȝhe nele Ileue on him, todraueþ here wit ȝoure pawe Here flessche fram here bonis. c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine (Arun. 396) (1893) v. 138 (MED) Shewe ȝe som reson openly that we may knawe If þat ȝoure goddis wyth the rough pauwe haue other euydens þan we can proue. 1581 T. Newton tr. Seneca Thebais iii, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 52 With wrekefull Pawe Hee [sc. Oedipus] pulld his Eyes. a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. E2 Edward, vnfold thy pawes, And let their liues bloud slake thy furies hunger. 1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles in Plays (1873) I. 141 I made no more adoe, but layd these pawes Close on his shoulders. 1679 T. Kirke Mod. Acct. Scotl. 16 They are conducted into the House..where the Lord..receives them with his grand Paw. 1700 E. Ward Step to Bath 4 After a profound Cringe or two, with a Gripe of the Paw, and as many Amorous Glances at my Charming Widdow..we parted. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxiii. 323 He held both Hands out, and a fine Pair of Paws shew'd he! 1826 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 21 Oct. 240 He..laid his hand upon my knee! ‘Take away your paw,’ said I. 1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack vi. 35 The boys were all mustered next morning, towing a line, and holding out their paws. 1932 J. T. Farrell Young Lonigan i. ii. 51 Father Gilhooley floridly..pursed his fat lips, rubbed his fat paws together and suavely caressed his bay front. 1952 Good Housek. (U.S. ed.) Dec. 115/2 (caption) Are your hands red and rough? At bedtime rub them with rich cream and slip on these light, pretty mitts. By morning, your paws will be softer and whiter. 1996 Just Seventeen 14 Aug. 52/3 35 jammy readers can get their paws on the whole set. †b. A person's handwriting or signature; = hand n. 16, 16b. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [noun] > of individual fista1556 character1569 handwriting1599 paw1628 orthograph1835 MS1843 mauley1851 1628 W. Prynne Briefe Suruay Mr. Cozens 3 You may discouer the Authors qualities and conditions, by this his Paw, and Handyworke. 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi vii. App. 76/2 To this Instrument were set the Paws of Edgeremet, and Five more of their Sagamores. 1784 F. Burney Diary & Lett. (1842) II. viii. 308 The sight of your paw..would be well worth all the pence I have. 1890 ‘M. E. Francis’ Yeoman Fleetwood 245 Let us see this document. My own paw, sure enough. c. paws off: = hands off int.Earliest in †paws off, Caesar and (esp.) paws off, Pompey, Caesar and Pompey formerly being popular names for dogs (see Pompey n. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [phrase] > do not interfere paws off1760 1760 A. Murphy Way to keep Him 4 Will. Come and kiss me, you jade, come and kiss me. Muslin. Paws off, Cæsar. 1803 Cartoon 16 Apr. in Catal. Prints: Polit. & Personal Satires (Brit. Mus.) (1947) VIII. 138 I ax pardon Master Boney, but as we says Paws off Pompey, we keep this little Spot to Ourselves. 1834 F. Marryat Jacob Faithful I. xii. 212 Although she liked to be noticed so far by the other chaps, yet Ben was the only one she ever wished to be handled by—it was ‘Paws off, Pompey’, with all the rest. 1932 S. Gibbons Cold Comfort Farm xx. 276 He was just reaching out in a dreamy, absent kind of way..when Mrs Beetle gave a sharp dab at his hand, exclaiming: ‘Paws off, Pompey!’ 2003 Contra Costa (Calif.) Times (Nexis) 25 Sept. f4 The kiss... It's..the easiest way to announce to anyone within viewing distance, ‘Paws off! This one's with me!’. 3. The action, or an act, of pawing. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [noun] > pawing paw1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Onglade, a scratch, or paw with, or the print, or marke of, nayles; a nayle-marke. 1847 J. G. Whittier Drovers vi With toss of horn and tail, And paw of hoof,..They leap some farmer's broken pale. Compounds C1. a. paw-mark n. ΚΠ 1874 Littell's Living Age 19 Sept. 759/1 ‘Has the old dog left any paw-marks on me?’ she asked herself. 1885 ‘M. Field’ William Rufus v. ii, in Father's Trag. 206 The grinning devil and vile beast, Who sets his paw-mark on the simpleton Living for this world's praise. 1975 Sunday Times 16 Nov. 44/4 Every pawmark shows up on those virgin white surfaces. paw-stroke n. ΚΠ 1899 J. Conrad Heart of Darkness ii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 489/2 The playful paw-strokes of the wilderness, the preliminary trifling before the more serious onslaught. 2003 Internet Mag. (Nexis) 1 Oct. 20 The cat jumps onto your keyboard and in a diabolic combination of paw-strokes (cats are evil!) empties your Recycle bin. paw-tread n. ΚΠ 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Dec. 6/2 I examine the powder round the doors for footmarks or paw-treads. b. paw-printed adj. ΚΠ 1882 E. J. Lee-Hamilton New Medusa 64 Remnants..On the paw-printed snow had been dragged here and there. 2002 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 7 Dec. 32 Keep your pooch cosy this winter with a paw-printed machine washable blanket. C2. paw print n. a print made by a paw; (colloquial) a dirty mark made by a person's hand or fingers; (also figurative) a person's mark or signature. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > [noun] tokenc1000 distinctionc1374 differencea1398 signeta1425 knowledge?c1475 smell?a1505 markc1522 badge1529 note1583 impress1590 monument1590 type1595 stamp1600 pressure1604 mintage1612 criterion1613 impressa1628 differencer1633 lineament1638 mole1644 discrimination1646 tessera1647 diagnostic1651 monumental1657 discretive1660 signate1662 footmark1666 trait1752 memorandum1766 fingerprint1792 insignia1796 identifier1807 designative1824 cachet1840 differentiator1854 tanga1867 trademark1869 signature1873 totem1875 differential1883 earmarkings1888 paw print1894 discriminator1943 ident1952 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > dirty mark > made by finger or thumb finger marka1661 thumb-mark1845 paw print1894 society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [noun] > left by the passage of something > of a person or animal > track of footprints > footprint trod946 lastOE foot sporeOE tread?c1225 stepc1290 footstepa1300 solec1325 tracta1547 footprint1552 traces1552 footing1563 foot track1600 accub1623 vestigating1634 vestige1656 seal1686 sign1692 footmark1756 stabble1863 pelmatogram1890 paw print1894 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words 520 Paa-prent, used derisively for a smudge or hand print. 1925 Scribner's Mag. July 33/1 I saw..the curious paw print of a porcupine, with its little pebbled markings. 1968 C. Nicole Self Lovers vii. 88 The whole thing has his pawprints all over it. His speciality is taking his victims swimming at dawn. 1997 Sunday Mirror (Nexis) 23 Mar. 31 Make your child's bedroom a fun place to play... Use a bold colour on the walls which will hide grubby paw prints. Derivatives ˈpawlike adj. ΚΠ 1844 G. Lippard Herbert Tracy ii. iii. 112 Near the mother and daughter, with his large eyes fixed upon his massive, pawlike hands, which were laid upon his knees, sat the negro. 1934 A. Gesell & H. Thompson Infant Behavior iii. 177 At 28 weeks there is a significant improvement in this crude, paw-like orientation. 1989 K. Newman Night Mayor (1990) (BNC) 64 He threw away the useless handle, collapsed on the linoleum and started scrabbling at his clothes with pawlike hands. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pawn.² Brit. /pɔː/, U.S. /pɔ/, /pɑ/, Scottish English /pɔ/ Forms: α. pre-1700 1700s– paw, 1700s– pa'. β. (Shetland) 1900s– pja, 1900s– pjaa, 1900s– pjaw, 1900s– pyaa. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps related to pavie n.¹ Compare pew n.³Derivations < French pas ‘step’ (see pace n.¹, and compare Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at paw n.² for an isolated Older Scots borrowing) or < paw n.¹ have been suggested, but neither is completely convincing. See also Sc. National Dict. at paw n.¹, v., pyauve v., n. With to play paw perhaps compare to play pew at pew n.² 2a. Scottish. Now rare. A slight movement or motion; an action, a deed. Also: a breath. to play a paw: to play a trick. to play one's paws: to play one's part in acting or in life. (not) to play paw: (not) to make the slightest movement, (not) to lift a finger. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > play tricks [phrase] to do or make a blenk or blencha1250 to play (a person) a pageant1530 to give one the geck1568 to play a paw1568 to draw through the water with a cat1631 come1714 to run one's rig upon1793 to come (the) paddy over1809 to work a traverse1840 to go on, have, take a lark1884 to pull a fast one1912 to take for a ride1925 to pull a person's pissera1935 to pull a person's chain1975 the world > movement > absence of movement > [verb (intransitive)] darec1220 (not) to play paw?a1700 not to move a muscle1843 1568 A. Scott Poems (1896) xxv. 14 Remane with me and tary still And se quha playis best thair pawis. 1689 Memorable Battle Killy Crankie (single sheet) They thought the D—l had been there, That gave them such a Paw then. ?a1700 Jock o' Side xiv, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1889) III. vi. 480/1 His neck in twa I wat they hae wrung, Wi hand or foot he neer playd paw. 1715 in J. Hogg Jacobite Relics (1821) II. 4 And then in a tether he'll swing from a ladder, And go off the stage with a pa', man. 1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 313/2 Some day when ye couldna play paw to help yoursels. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. Paw, ti play paw, to make the slightest motion. 1962 New Shetlander No. 63. 29 A ‘batt a wind’ is a peerie breeze, an a ‘pirr’ and ‘pyaa’ joost a braeth. 1979 J. J. Graham Shetland Dict. at Pyaa Dey wir hardly a pyaa atil him whin we fann him ida hill. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pawn.³ Brit. /pɔː/, U.S. /pɔ/, /pɑ/ Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: pa n.¹ Etymology: Variant of pa n.¹ Compare maw n.⁶Chiefly U.S. regional (see discussion s.v. pa n.¹), also Canadian, and 20th-cent. Scottish. colloquial (chiefly U.S. regional). = pa n.¹ Cf. maw n.⁶ ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > father > [noun] fatherOE sirec1250 authora1398 flesh-fathera1400 genitor1447 daddy1523 dad1533 bab1598 patera1600 dada1672 relieving officer1677 papa1681 pappy1722 baba1771 pa1773 governor1783 paw1826 fatherkin1839 pop1840 bap1842 pap1844 da1851 baba1862 puppa1885 pops1893 poppa1897 pot and pan1900 papasana1904 daddy-o1913 bapu1930 baby-father1932 abba1955 birth father1977 1826 A. N. Royall Sketches Hist., Life, & Manners U.S. 121 Here too you have the ‘paw and maw’..and ‘tote’, with a long train of their kindred. 1873 Appletons' Jrnl. 18 Oct. 487/3 There come her paw and her maw. 1884 S. Marble Maiden & Coachman MSS. i. i. 1 Paw theres a man down stairs. 1902 J. J. Bell Wee MacGreegor Enlists iv Hap me weel, an' cairry me, Paw. 1929 W. Faulkner Sound & Fury 46 Your paw told you to stay out that tree. 1981 W. Safire in N.Y. Times Mag. 13 Dec. 16 Paw could whop the errant son with Maw out of earshot. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † pawadj. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: pah adj. Etymology: Variant of pah adj. Compare paw int. N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (pǭ) /pɔː/. colloquial. Obsolete. Improper, obscene. Chiefly in paw word. Cf. paw-paw adj. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [adjective] unhonest13.. inhonest1340 undecent1563 broad1579 nasty1601 indecent1613 paw1668 paw-paw1723 improper1739 unproper1797 fie-fie1812 warm1814 blue1818 indecorous1829 off-colour1875 sultry1887 suggestive1888 scorching1890 juicy1923 gamey1945 1668 W. Davenant Man's the Master iv. i, in Wks. (1874) V. 72 This Tarquin-steward would have kist me by force. Steph. Kiss you! fye, that's a paw-word. 1675 W. Wycherley Country-wife v. 84 Pshaw, wench and Pimp, paw words, I know thou art an honest fellow. 1695 W. Congreve Love for Love v. i. 82 O fie, marrying is a paw thing. 1706 E. Wells Answer to Dowley 46 A paw word which is not fit to be written. 1741 H. Fielding Shamela x. 29 O la, Sir, says I, I don't understand your paw Words.—Very pretty Treatment indeed, says he, to say I use paw Words; Hussy, Gipsie, Hypocrite, Saucebox, Boldface, get out of my sight. 1758 T. Gray Let. Jan. (1935) II. 557 A well-made boy... I would only wash its face, dress it a little, make it walk upright & strong, & keep it from learning paw words. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2019). pawv. Brit. /pɔː/, U.S. /pɔ/, /pɑ/ Forms: late Middle English pawe, 1600s– paw, 1800s– paow (English regional (Cumberland)). Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: paw n.¹ Etymology: < paw n.¹ 1. Of a person. a. transitive. To touch or handle roughly, awkwardly, greedily, etc.; to strike roughly; to caress or fondle, esp. lecherously. Also figurative.Also with adverbs, as about, off, over, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > action of caressing > caress [verb (transitive)] > fondle lasciviously pawa1450 the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > touch or feel with the hand [verb (transitive)] > touch or handle awkwardly pawa1450 thumb1593 fumble1609 thumble1614 to maum and gaum1738 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [verb (transitive)] > make unrefined > handle indelicately or roughly pawa1450 a1450 (?1404) in J. Kail 26 Polit. Poems (1904) 15 (MED) After men lyue is comoun voys, In wrongwys dede, or ryȝt lawe; Who doþ hem pyne, who doþ hem pawe, Eche on telle oþer. 1604 T. Middleton Blacke Bk. in Wks. (1885) VIII. 27 His palm shall be pawed with pence. 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 22 The obscene, and surfeted Priest scruples not to paw, and mammock the sacramentall bread, as familiarly as his Tavern Bisket. 1701 G. Farquhar Sir Harry Wildair ii. i. 12 Have you been pawing me all this Morning with them dirty Fists of yours? 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 65 A more enormous pair [of breasts] did my eyes never behold,..yet such as they were, this neck-beef-eater seemed to paw them with a most unenviable gust. 1851 Ld. Tennyson Princess (ed. 4) i. 15 Our great court-Galen..paw'd his beard, and call'd it catalepsy. 1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden viii. 456 Wherever a man goes, men will pursue and paw him with their dirty institutions, and, if they can, constrain him to belong to their desperate odd-fellow society. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvi. [Eumaeus] 613 Thereupon he pawed the journal open. 1955 G. Freeman Liberty Man i. iii. 51 Maureen had been mad for him to go on pawing her for hours last night. 1992 Independent 6 Feb. 5/3 Do you think I chose to be here, having the details of my involvement with this man pawed over by people like you? b. intransitive. To grasp or strike at roughly or clumsily; to run a hand roughly, clumsily, or greedily over, through, etc., something. ΚΠ 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) xii. f. 153^v He ryseth streight vprights, And pawing at his emny [sic] with his horsish feete, he smyghts Uppon him. 1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode ii. i. 16 He is just Æsop's Ass, that would imitate the courtly French in his addresses; but, in stead of those, comes pawing upon me, and doing all things so mal a droitly. 1829 P. Egan Boxiana New Ser. II. 373 He offered no opposition, except as if he was pawing at his opponent. 1848 C. Kingsley Saint's Trag. iv. iv. 134 You will not let the mob..paw over all my limbs. 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. viii. 87 A hand pawing about the door for the bobbin. 1930 D. Runyon in Collier's 13 Sept. 76/2 Butch starts pawing through his satchel looking for something. 1977 ‘J. Herriot’ Vets might Fly (BNC) 36 I'm sure that when I came out of the room I was staggering, and instinctively I pawed at my mouth. 1992 Economist 26 Dec. 91/1 The shoppers..paw over the merchandise as frantically as any blue-jeaned bargain-hunter. 2. Of an animal: to strike, claw at, or pat with the paw. a. transitive. to paw out: to tear out with the paws. to paw up: to drag up with the paws. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [verb (transitive)] > paw paw?a1563 ?a1563 W. Baldwin Beware Cat (1584) sig. Eiij I..got behind the cloth and to make the man speak I all to pawed him with my clawes vpon his bare legs and buttocks. 1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. G3^v I ha sent For a couple of beares shall paw him. 1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur ii. 40 The sporting Lyon Paws the wanton Bear. 1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 204 The Sheep will either paw it up, or pull it up with their mouths. 1891 M. M. Dowie Girl in Karpathians xiii. 177 One of his eyes was pawed out by a bear. 1918 W. Cather My Ántonia i. xvii. 137 Spring..impulsive and playful like a big puppy that pawed you and then lay down to be petted. 1980 B. Okri Flowers & Shadows iv. 27 He was just getting fond of the dog. It jumped and wagged its tail and pawed his shirt. b. intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [verb (intransitive)] > paw paw1605 1605 T. Smith Voy. Russia C 1 b To behold one of the 3. gallant spectacles in the world, a Ship vnder sayle, loming (as they tearme it) indeede like a Lyon pawing with his forfeet. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 464 The Tawnie Lion, pawing to get free His hinder parts. View more context for this quotation 1707 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1886) 1 Nov. II. 67 A Lyoness, pawing upon y^e arms of France. 1826 J. F. Cooper Last of Mohicans II. viii. 130 The huge and unwieldly talons pawed stupidly about the grinning muzzle. 1938 Times 25 Mar. 11/3 Micky [sc. a chimpanzee]..broke out for three hours during which he..entered a school and pawed at a teacher. 1982 B. Chatwin On Black Hill iii. 19 A little dog came bounding out to greet her, yapping and pawing at her skirt. 3. Of an animal, esp. a horse: to strike, scrape, or beat the ground with the paws, hooves, etc. Also occasionally in extended use.Usually seen as an indication of disturbance, eagerness, impatience, etc. a. intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [verb (intransitive)] > scrape strike ground potea1350 stamp1509 pawa1586 frample1876 a1586 [implied in: Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iii. sig. Bb2 The horse that lay vpon him, kept such a pawing with his feet, that Daætas durst not approch. (at pawing n. 1)]. 1611 Bible (King James) Job xxxix. 21 He paweth in the valley, and reioyceth in his strength. View more context for this quotation 1690 Newslet. 30 Aug. in A. Wood Life & Times (1894) III. 339 The two horses..pawed over the iron spikes with their forefeet. 1713 A. Pope Windsor-Forest 7 Th' impatient Courser..pawing, seems to beat the distant Plain. 1751 Life John Daniel in Libr. Impostors (1926) I. iii. 34 A prodigious fierce bull..bellowing and pawing with desperate fury. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 35 Dumple..walked to his own stable-door, and there pawed and whinnied for admission. 1877 T. De W. Talmage 50 Serm. 8 The horses paw and neigh to get into the stream. 1920 D. H. Lawrence Women in Love ix. 120 The mare pawed and struck away mechanically now, her terror fulfilled in her. 2003 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) (Nexis) Mar. 306 The horses pawed at the dirt and snorted. b. transitive. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [verb (transitive)] > scrape or strike ground paw1655 1655 R. Fanshawe tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad vii. liii. 146 Her Palfrey chew'd The foaming Bit, and (fiery) paw'd the dust. 1735 W. Somervile Chace ii. 92 With Ears And Tail erect, neighing he paws the Ground. 1767 W. Dodd Poems 140 There the British coursers neighing, Snuff the air, and paw the ground! 1877 J. A. Allen Amer. Bisons 468 The bulls are..fond of pawing the ground. 1887 H. Caine Deemster I. xii. 245 He listened with..his foot pawing the mat. 1905 Baroness Orczy Scarlet Pimpernel xv. 143 Sir Percy's magnificent bays were impatiently pawing the ground. 1993 N. Williams East of Wimbledon (BNC) 88 Ahead of them, a woman of about sixty in a blue tracksuit pawed the ground in the jogger's equivalent of neutral. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † pawint. Forms: also reduplicated. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: pah int. Etymology: Variant of pah int. Compare pshaw int. Obsolete. = pah int. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > disgust > exclamation of disgust [interjection] foȝa1250 fie1297 faugh1542 ough1565 pah1592 pish1592 phah1593 paw1640 poh1650 sis1862 gick1905 ptui1930 stone (or stiffen) the crows1930 you wouldn't read about it1950 yeuch1964 barf1966 yuck1966 ick1967 yech1969 1640 H. Glapthorne Hollander iv. i. sig. H2 Paw sir, you lose the priviledge of the Order, if you respect your money. 1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper iv. i. 43 Paw, paw! that word Honour has almost turn'd my Stomach. 1696 J. Harris City Bride iv. ii. 36 Peg. I shall be thought too weak to yield at first Sight. 2d W. Neigh. Paw! Paw! that's only Nicety. 1703 T. D'Urfey Old Mode & New ii. iii. 36 Paw, paw, ye are not sprouted up at all, y'are a meer Child in troth. 1743 Mrs. Slammekin Answer to Young Lady 16 I did not think such a thing could have come out of your Mouth... Oh paw paw!—I wash my Hands of you. 1791 R. Steele Tender Husband v. ii. 86 I have kist one that has eat frogs—paw! paw! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.¹c1330n.²1568n.³1826adj.1668v.a1450int.1640
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