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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Cat's-paw

· Cat'sĀ·-paw · IPA
01 n. A light transitory air which ruffles the surface of the water during a calm, or the ripples made by such a puff of air.
  1. 1.
    A light transitory air which ruffles the surface of the water during a calm, or the ripples made by such a puff of air.(Naut.)
  2. 2.
    A dupe; a tool; one who, or that which, is used by another as an instrument to a accomplish his purposes.