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noun

Thew n. (Chiefly used in the plural Thews)

Manner; custom; habit; form of behavior; qualities of mind; disposition; specifically, good qualities; virtues. (Obs.) "For her great light Of sapience, and for her thews clear." "Evil speeches destroy good thews." "To be upbrought in gentle thews and martial might."

Muscle or strength; nerve; brawn; sinew. "And I myself, who sat apart And watched them, waxed in every limb; I felt the thews of Anakim, The pules of a Titan's heart."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Thew" Quotes from Famous Books

... that lifted it on his shoulders and bore it to its airy elevation was the incompressible force of water, a fluid which is, strangely, the simple product of the combination of two elastic transparent gases, oxygen and hydrogen, neither of which apart has the thew and sinew of its offspring. Nay, it is this single element, which, acted on by heat or acting through machinery, fetches and carries for us over the wide globe, and is fast weaving into one living web the far-scattered interests ...

— Lectures on Popular and Scientific Subjects • John Sutherland Sinclair, Earl of Caithness

... hynmen, Ka Sngi. Une U Bynai ruh ha kaba mynnyngkong u long uba phyrnai hi ryngkat Ka Sngi. Te ynda ka Sngi ka la sngewthuh ia ka jingmut riwnar jong u ka la sngew bittar shibun bad ka la shim u dypei ha la ka kti bad ka la ong ia u, "da kum kane ka kam kaba sang kaba sniw phi thew ia nga ka hynmen kaba la thum la bah, la sumar sukher kum ka kymie ryngkat; mynta ngan tep da u dypei ia ka shyllang-mat jong me u riwnar u khlem rain,—khie phet noh na iing." Te U Bynai u la sngew rem sngew rain shibun eh. Bad naduh kata ka por U Bynai ...

— The Khasis • P. R. T. Gurdon

... to the demon-dog with all his strength. Indeed, it was necessary to exert every thew and sinew if the animal were to be prevented from tearing him to pieces. Its howls were sufficient to strike terror to the stoutest heart. "Iou! Iou!" it ...

— Legends & Romances of Brittany • Lewis Spence

... you broken trail on snowshoes? mushed your huskies up the river, Dared the unknown, led the way, and clutched the prize? Have you marked the map's void spaces, mingled with the mongrel races, Felt the savage strength of brute in every thew? And though grim as hell the worst is, can you round it off with curses? Then hearken to the Wild ...

— The Spell of the Yukon • Robert Service