noun. A going to law; litigation.

noun. 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.

noun. A reckoning at a public house; a tavernbill. Also lawin.

noun. Expeditation.

noun. Going to law; litigation.

noun. Going to law; litigation.

"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."

clawing  drawing  gnawing  hawing  pawing  

expeditation  litigation  

law