Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To cut off the claws and balls of (e.g. a dog's forefeet, to hinder it from hunting).
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryObsolete spelling of law (“system of regulations etc.”).
Perhaps from law because the practice was ordained by law. Few dictionaries comment directly on the etymology of the sense, but several (which also spell the infinitive law) group it with the other verb and noun senses derived from Old English lagu (“law”).
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- Cognate mentionlaguang
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