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thew
noun[ Cusually plural or U ]
old useuk /θjuː/ us /θjuː/
muscle or strength:
According to an early report, he was "broad-chested, strong-limbed, with excellent thews and sinews."
These were men of pith and thew.
None could find fault with their thews and sinews.
He travelling with me needs the best blood, thews, endurance.
Never before had I had occasion to exert the full measure of my powerful thews.
What chance had we against the thews and sinews of trained whale hunters?
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