Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CAT'S'-PAW
CAT'S'-PAW, n.
- Among seamen, a light air perceived, in a calm, by a rippling of the surface of the water; also, a particular turn in the bight of a rope, made to hook a tackle on. – Mar. Dict.
- A dupe; the instrument which another uses.
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