thew
Usually thews. muscle or sinew.
thews, physical strength.
Origin of thew
1Other words from thew
- thewy, adjective
Words Nearby thew
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How to use thew in a sentence
An unseen power lifted him from his bed, thew him across the room, and tossed him from one side of the room to the other.
Early Scenes in Church History | VariousThis is, of course, no argument against the poems now-we mean it only as against the poets thew.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe | Edgar Allan PoeAlice Sheltoir, charged with being a common scold—to the thew.
London | Walter BesantWhen this is so, the thew or servus is like to appear as the unfreest of persons rather than as no person but a thing.
Domesday Book and Beyond | Frederic William MaitlandWhat is more, we may say that every man who was not a thew was in some definite legal sense a free man.
Domesday Book and Beyond | Frederic William Maitland
British Dictionary definitions for thew
/ (θjuː) /
muscle, esp if strong or well-developed
(plural) muscular strength
Origin of thew
1Derived forms of thew
- thewy, adjective
- thewless, adjective
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