Lawing

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Going to law; litigation.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Going to law; litigation.
  • n. Expeditation.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A going to law; litigation.
  • n. The practice or act of cutting off the claws and balls of the feet of an animal, as of the fore feet of a dog, to incapacitate it from following game. See law, transitive verb, 4.
  • n. A reckoning at a public house; a tavernbill. Also lawin.
  • Word Usage
    "The disabling dogs, which might be necessary for keeping flocks and herds, from running at the deer, was called lawing, and was in general use."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Verb Stem
    law   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    clawing    drawing    gnawing    hawing    pawing    redrawing    sawing    thawing    withdrawing