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noun

Sinew n.

(Anat.) A tendon or tendonous tissue. See Tendon.

Muscle; nerve. (R.)

Fig.: That which supplies strength or power. "The portion and sinew of her fortune, her marriage dowry." "The bodies of men, munition, and money, may justly be called the sinews of war." Note: Money alone is often called the sinews of war.

verb

Sinew v. t. (past & past part. sinewed; pres. part. sinewing) To knit together, or make strong with, or as with, sinews. "Wretches, now stuck up for long tortures... might, if properly treated, serve to sinew the state in time of danger."

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"Sinew" Quotes from Famous Books

... order which the Carouan obserueth in marching is this. It goeth diuided into three parts, to wit, the foreward, the maine battell, and the rereward. In the foreward go the 8 Pilots before with a Chaus, which hath foure knaues, and ech knaue carrieth a sinew of a bul, to the end that if occasion requireth, the bastonado may be giuen to such as deserue the same. These knaues cast offendours downe, turning vp the soles of their feete made fast to a staffe, giuing them a perpetuall remembrance for them ...

— The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, - and Discoveries of The English Nation, Volume 9 - Asia, Part 2 • Richard Hakluyt

... wings, "His crooked beak and talons pounc'd his face. "'Gainst him Tyrinthius his unerring bow "Bent, and as high amid the clouds he tower'd, "And poising hung, pierc'd where his side and wing "Just met: nor deep the hurt; the sinew torn "Still him disabled, and deny'd the power "To move his wing, or strength to urge his flight. "To earth he fell; his pinions unendow'd "With power to gather air: and the light dart "Fixt superficial in the wing, his fall "Deep in his body pierc'd; ...

— The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II • Ovid

... to furnish stuff for my buckskin shirt with the beautiful long fringes at the seams; but the whole garment was cut, sewed and finished in a day's time. It was sewed with thread made of sinew. ...

— The Black Wolf Pack • Dan Beard

... fruit and vegetables. Where are the buyers of these products of the earth? Here they come! Night is approaching. The entire population begins to return at once from their labour in the fields; a stalwart and sturdy population; the thew and sinew of some fine regiments. Every one of these half-clad men, armed with pickaxe and shovel, rose two hours before the sun this morning, and went forth to weed a little field, or to dig round a few olive-trees. Many of them have their little domains ...

— The Roman Question • Edmond About

... answered. "Our only chance is to keep her moving; if once the wound stiffens, there's an end. The sinew cannot have been severed, or it ...

— Benita, An African Romance • H. Rider Haggard

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