to claw off

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to claw off - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Claw \Claw\, v. i.
     To scrape, scratch, or dig with a claw, or with the hand as a
     claw. "Clawing [in ash barrels] for bits of coal." --W. D.
     Howells.
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     To claw off (Naut.), to turn to windward and beat, to
        prevent falling on a lee shore.
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