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Definition of Declaw
1. Verb. Remove the claws from. "Declaw a cat"
Definition of Declaw
1. Verb. To surgically remove the claws from. ¹
2. Verb. (figuratively) To make harmless. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Declaw
1. to surgically remove the claws of [v -CLAWED, -CLAWING, -CLAWS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Declaw
Literary usage of Declaw
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Guide to Election Law and the Law and Practice of Election Petitions by E. Chandos Leigh, Yarborough Anderson (1880)
"with given by the master to the town clerk, and if the election be declaw void
the office shall be deemed to be vacant from the first day (not ..."
2. The Industrial Resources, Etc., of the Southern and Western States by James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow (1852)
"The Isle ¡»reclamation of Commandant Stockton on the fv.x has been thought opposed
to our orten declaw-J гт г- ..."
3. Tales of the Chesapeake by George Alfred Townsend (1880)
"that Joyce Basil is in love with some one in this city ?" Mrs. Basil drew a long
breath, raised both hands, and ejaculated : " Well, I declaw ! ..."
4. The Autobiography and Correspondence of Edward Gibbon, the Historian by Edward Gibbon (1869)
"... does not reed mend my waiting for the event; yet the appointment is not yet
declaw and I am ignorant of the name and merits of my successful a* petitor. ..."
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