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Look up: sinew

  1. Sinew
    Sin'ew noun [ Middle English sinewe , senewe , Anglo-Saxon sinu , seonu ; akin to Dutch zenuw , Old High German senawa , German sehne , Icelandic sin , Swedish sena , Dan. sene ; confer Sanskrit snāva . √290.] 1. (Anat.) A tendon or tendonous tissue. See Tendon . 2. Muscle ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/106

  2. Sinew
    Sin'ew transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Sinewed ; present participle & verbal noun 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.< ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/106

  3. sinew
    1. <anatomy> A tendon or tendonous tissue. See Tendon. ... 2. Muscle; nerve. ... 3. 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) ... Money alone is often called the sinews of war. ... Orig ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  4. sinew
    (sin´u) a tendon of a muscle. weeping sinew an encysted ganglion, chiefly on the back of the hand, containing synovial fluid.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  5. Sinew
    • (n.) Muscle; nerve. • (n.) Fig.: That which supplies strength or power. • (v. t.) To knit together, or make strong with, or as with, sinews. • (n.) A tendon or tendonous tissue. See Tendon.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  6. sinew
    Syn: tendon [A.S. sinu]
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