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sinew

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sinew  \Sin"ew\,  n.  [OE.  sinewe,  senewe  AS  sinu,  seonu  akin  to 
  D.  zenuw  OHG.  senawa  G.  sehne,  Icel.  sin,  Sw  sena,  Dan. 
  sene;  cf  Skr.  sn[=a]va.  [root]290.] 
  1.  (Anat.)  A  tendon  or  tendonous  tissue.  See  {Tendon}. 
 
  2.  Muscle;  nerve.  [R.]  --Sir  J.  Davies. 
 
  3.  Fig.:  That  which  supplies  strength  or  power. 
 
  The  portion  and  sinew  of  her  fortune,  her  marriage 
  dowry.  --Shak. 
 
  The  bodies  of  men,  munition,  and  money,  may  justly 
  be  called  the  sinews  of  war.  --Sir  W. 
  Raleigh. 
 
  Note:  Money  alone  is  often  called  the  sinews  of  war. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sinew  \Sin"ew\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Sinewed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Sinewing}.] 
  To  knit  together,  or  make  strong  with  or  as  with  sinews. 
  --Shak. 
 
  Wretches,  now  stuck  up  for  long  tortures  .  .  .  might 
  if  properly  treated,  serve  to  sinew  the  state  in  time 
  of  danger.  --Goldsmith. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sinew 
  n  1:  a  cord  or  band  of  inelastic  tissue  connecting  a  muscle  with 
  its  bony  attachment  [syn:  {tendon}] 
  2:  muscular  strength  [syn:  {brawn},  {muscle}]




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