English Dictionary: Thew | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Thew \Thew\ (th[umac]), n. Note: [Chiefly used in the plural {Thews} (th[umac]z).] [OE. thew, [thorn]eau, manner, habit, strength, AS. [thorn]e[a0]w manner, habit (cf. [thorn][ymac]wan to drive); akin to OS. thau custom, habit, OHG. dou. [fb]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. |