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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Clow, n.3 [ME. clowes pl. (Chaucer), OE. cláwu: cf. Claw n.] A claw. —c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxxviii. 13.
The auld kene tegir … Thinking to grip ws in his clow[i]s strang 1513 Doug. vii. xi. 64.
The quhite tuskis, the hed and clowis thar is
