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A claw is a curved, pointed appendage found at the end of a toe or finger in most amniotes (mammals, reptiles, birds). Some invertebrates such as beetles and spiders have somewhat similar fine, hooked structures at lower elevations that allow the spider cells of their own species the end of the leg or tarsus for gripping a surface as they walk.
A bear claw can be made by hand or by machine. [14] Bear claw can be hand-made by using a bear claw cutter that was invented in 1950 by James Fennell. [15] A 1948 patent describes the process of assembling the bear claw as rolling out the dough, layering filling onto it, folding the dough over, cutting small incisions to create the claw-like look, and finally cutting the dough into separate ...
Baker was born into slavery on August 3, 1859, in Savannah, Missouri. His mother, Betsy Mackay, died when he was three months old, leaving him to be brought up by the wife of his owner , Sallie Mackay, and his father, Abraham Baker. [ 1 ]
Tribe of Micosay Harold Roe Bartle c. 1925, Scout Executive of the St. Joseph Area Council. Micosay was founded in 1925 at Camp Brinton near Agency, Missouri under the guidance of Harold Roe Bartle, who was the Scout executive of the St. Joseph Council, now Pony Express Council.
A claw hammer is composed of a metal head and a handle, which historically was made of wood but also may be of steel, fiberglass, or other composite. One side of the head has a poll [ 1 ] with either a smooth or textured surface and used for driving, while the other is formed into a pair of downward curving V-shaped claws and used for prying ...
The straight claw serves the dual purpose of removing nails and acting as a crow bar to pry apart (rip) lumber. It does not have as much leverage for removing nails as a curved claw hammer when using the face of the claw as the fulcrum, but the handle can be pulled to the side to greatly increase leverage by using a very short fulcrum. For ...
Estwing offers prizes to students at various colleges throughout the country, such as the Estwing Award for most outstanding graduate student at Cornell University, the Estwing Outstanding Senior Geologist Award at Colorado College, [2] and the Estwing Hammer Prize to an outstanding geology graduate student at Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
The Claw, a 1981 novel by Norah Lofts; The Claw, a 1983 novel by Ramsey Campbell; Claw, a 1994 novel by Ken Eulo; The Claw, a 1995 novel in the Point Horror series by Carmen Adams; Claws, a 2003 novel by Will Weaver; Claws, a 2006 novel by Dan Greenburg; Claw the Giant Monkey, a 2008 Beast Quest novel by Adam Blade