- present tense form of paw (3rd person singular).
paws
Example Sentences
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The pawls on her bike clicked slower as she pulled up in front of it.
From Slate • May 29, 2021
The pawls, also, may in heavy work have two pins to enter the work-table holes and be connected by a strap as in Fig.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
On the inward stroke the ratchet is held fast by the pawls, and the piston and bit are forced to rotate through a small part of a revolution.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various
Shortly after dawn the merry click of the windlass pawls told Mrs. Marston that the Esmeralda was getting underweigh again for Samoa—for the projected voyage to the Solomon Islands was of course abandoned.
From John Frewen, South Sea Whaler 1904 by Becke, Louis
The pawls of the windlass were muffled, and not a word was spoken.
From James Braithwaite, the Supercargo The Story of his Adventures Ashore and Afloat by Dugdale, Thomas Cantrell
