lawes

Verb

lawe (third-person singular simple present lawes, present participle lawing, simple past and past participle lawed)

1. (transitive) To cut off the claws and balls of (e.g. a dog's forefeet, to hinder it from hunting).
   • They were enveloped in forms, and easily evaded ; like a lawed dog, too mutilated to catch their game.1808, William Gilpin, Remarks on forest scenery, and other woodland views