> as lemmas

to claw off

6. transitive. to claw off:

a. To get rid of (as an itch by clawing), to get free from.

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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > get or be rid of

refusea1387

to be rid of (also on)c1450

beskyfte1470

to be, get shut of, (dialect) shut on?a1500

to claw off1514

get1558

to put away1577

to get rid of1591

quit1606

to get off with1719

ding1753

shoot1805

to stay shet of1837

shuck1848

shunt1858

shake1872

to dust off1938

1514 Visit. Bp. Norwich in Tanner MS. (Bodl. Libr.) 210. 46 I shall gyff the such a stryppe that thow shalt not klawe yt of a yere after.

1629 W. Prynne Church of Englands Old Antithesis 59 A stigmaticall Impresse which our Arminians shall neuer be able to claw off againe.

1668 J. Dryden Sr Martin Mar-all ii. 10 I have not yet claw'd off your last ill usage.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. cviii. 396 This..is a grief, he declares, that he shall never claw off.

b. (Scottish) To ‘get rid of’, ‘dispose of’ (food); to eat with rapidity and voraciousness’ (Jamieson). Obsolete.

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1776 Watty & Madge in D. Herd Anc. & Mod. Sc. Songs II. 200 [He] claw'd it off most cleverly, Till he could eat nae mair.

extracted from clawv.

to claw off

7. Nautical (intransitive) ‘To beat or turn to windward from a lee-shore, so as to be at sufficient distance from it to avoid shipwreck’ (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.). Also to claw off (the shore, or from the shore, or absol.), quasi-trans. to claw it off. So (transitive) to claw the wind.

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the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > proceed rapidly [verb (intransitive)] > act expeditiously

to make (it) short1490

dispatch1581

to be brief1609

to claw it off1615

to dance Barnaby1664

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > strive or make way against wind > off a lee shore

to claw off1615

to make a claw to windward1841

1615 T. Roe Embassy to Great Mogul 24 Aug. (1899) I. 36 Beeing then a Lee shoare, in such extremities of wynd, ther wilbe noe Possibilitye to Claw it off.

a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) ii. 260/1 Being near the Land and a Gale of Wind coming off from Sea..a Ship cannot claw it off.

a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) ii. 302/1 They could not claw off the Shore.

1697 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 352 When Shipping come into the Bay between the Spurn and Winterton, they can hardly claw it of (as Sea men phrase it) with Northerly and Easterly Winds.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Ranger le vent, to claw the wind, or haul close to the wind.

1777 J. Cook Jrnl. 3 Apr. (1967) III. i. 91 His Ship could better claw of a lee shore than mine.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xv. 230 We were forced to carry on at all risks, that we might claw off shore.

1837 F. Marryat Snarleyyow (ed. 2) I. v. 51 We were off the Texel..with the coast under our lee, clawing off under storm canvass.

1875 ‘M. Twain’ in Atlantic Feb. 217 I..began to claw the boat away from the danger.

1923 R. D. Paine Comrades Rolling Ocean xii. 202 An inch at a time, as you might say, she [sc. the ship] was clawing off a lee shore.

extracted from clawv.

as lemmas

单词	to claw off
释义	> as lemmas to claw off 6. transitive. to claw off: a. To get rid of (as an itch by clawing), to get free from. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > get or be rid of refusea1387 to be rid of (also on)c1450 beskyfte1470 to be, get shut of, (dialect) shut on?a1500 to claw off1514 get1558 to put away1577 to get rid of1591 quit1606 to get off with1719 ding1753 shoot1805 to stay shet of1837 shuck1848 shunt1858 shake1872 to dust off1938 1514 Visit. Bp. Norwich in Tanner MS. (Bodl. Libr.) 210. 46 I shall gyff the such a stryppe that thow shalt not klawe yt of a yere after. 1629 W. Prynne Church of Englands Old Antithesis 59 A stigmaticall Impresse which our Arminians shall neuer be able to claw off againe. 1668 J. Dryden Sr Martin Mar-all ii. 10 I have not yet claw'd off your last ill usage. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. cviii. 396 This..is a grief, he declares, that he shall never claw off. b. (Scottish) To ‘get rid of’, ‘dispose of’ (food); to eat with rapidity and voraciousness’ (Jamieson). Obsolete. ΚΠ 1776 Watty & Madge in D. Herd Anc. & Mod. Sc. Songs II. 200 [He] claw'd it off most cleverly, Till he could eat nae mair. extracted from clawv. to claw off 7. Nautical (intransitive) ‘To beat or turn to windward from a lee-shore, so as to be at sufficient distance from it to avoid shipwreck’ (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.). Also to claw off (the shore, or from the shore, or absol.), quasi-trans. to claw it off. So (transitive) to claw the wind. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > proceed rapidly [verb (intransitive)] > act expeditiously to make (it) short1490 dispatch1581 to be brief1609 to claw it off1615 to dance Barnaby1664 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > strive or make way against wind > off a lee shore to claw off1615 to make a claw to windward1841 1615 T. Roe Embassy to Great Mogul 24 Aug. (1899) I. 36 Beeing then a Lee shoare, in such extremities of wynd, ther wilbe noe Possibilitye to Claw it off. a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) ii. 260/1 Being near the Land and a Gale of Wind coming off from Sea..a Ship cannot claw it off. a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) ii. 302/1 They could not claw off the Shore. 1697 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 352 When Shipping come into the Bay between the Spurn and Winterton, they can hardly claw it of (as Sea men phrase it) with Northerly and Easterly Winds. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Ranger le vent, to claw the wind, or haul close to the wind. 1777 J. Cook Jrnl. 3 Apr. (1967) III. i. 91 His Ship could better claw of a lee shore than mine. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xv. 230 We were forced to carry on at all risks, that we might claw off shore. 1837 F. Marryat Snarleyyow (ed. 2) I. v. 51 We were off the Texel..with the coast under our lee, clawing off under storm canvass. 1875 ‘M. Twain’ in Atlantic Feb. 217 I..began to claw the boat away from the danger. 1923 R. D. Paine Comrades Rolling Ocean xii. 202 An inch at a time, as you might say, she [sc. the ship] was clawing off a lee shore. extracted from clawv. < as lemmas
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