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Definition of Bear claw
1. Noun. Almond-flavored yeast-raised pastry shaped in an irregular semicircle resembling a bear's claw.
2. Noun. An incised design resembling the claw of a bear; used in Native American pottery.
3. Noun. Claw of a bear; often used in jewelry.
Definition of Bear claw
1. Noun. A large, sweet pastry filled with raisins and spices ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bear Claw
Literary usage of Bear claw
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts: Including Lynnfield, Saugus by Alonzo Lewis, James Robinson Newhall (1865)
"It is not wonderful that such signatures put Andros in mind of scratches of a
bear's claw. A slip or two from the modern-rules of grammar, may have been ..."
2. The Pawnee: Mythology (Part I) by George Amos Dorsey (1906)
"Bear takes him to cedar tree, from which he takes down bear claw and hangs it
about boy's neck. ... He takes down his bear claw and four colored feathers. ..."
3. Twenty Years Among Our Hostile Indians: Describing the Characteristics by James Lee Humfreville (1903)
"... Nails—bear claw Decoration on End of Buckskin Shirt-sleeves—Facial ... a Big
Talk 31B Warrior with bear claw Necklace 383 Warrior with Government Medal ..."
4. Personal Recollections and Observations of General Nelson A. Miles by Nelson Appleton Miles, Marion Perry Maus (1896)
"Bear-claw necklaces hung about their necks and scalp locks adorned their spears.
... The eagle feathers, the porcupine work, the bear-claw necklaces and the ..."
5. Kitchi-Gami: Wanderings Round Lake Superior by Johann Georg Kohl (1860)
"... or bear's- claw snow-shoes, are made ; they are built after a more simple model
... bearing a fanciful resemblance to that of the bear's claw. ..."
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