, SHETLAND, ORKNEY, NORTHERN, noun
1 claw
2 scratching
verb
1 to claw
2 to scratch
3 to scrape out; to clean out
4 to beat; to strike
5 to claw someone's back to flatter someone
6 to claw someone's hide to punish; to beat
7 to gar claw whaur it's no yeukie to give a thrashing
8 to no claw an auld man's heid to fail to live into old age