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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thew  \Thew\  (th[=u]),  n. 
 
  Note:  [Chiefly  used  in  the  plural  {Thews}  (th[=u]z).]  [OE. 
  thew,  [thorn]eau,  manner,  habit,  strength,  AS 
  [thorn]e['a]w  manner,  habit  (cf.  [thorn][=y]wan  to 
  drive);  akin  to  OS  thau  custom,  habit,  OHG.  dou. 
  [root]56.] 
  1.  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.  --Chaucer. 
 
  Evil  speeches  destroy  good  thews.  --Wyclif  (1 
  Cor.  xv  33). 
 
  To  be  upbrought  in  gentle  thews  and  martial  might 
  --Spenser. 
 
  2.  Muscle  or  strength;  nerve;  brawn;  sinew.  --Shak. 
 
  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.  --Tennyson.




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