sinew : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sinew	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sinew n a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment Synonym(s): tendon, sinew possessing muscular strength Synonym(s): brawn, brawniness, muscle, muscularity, sinew, heftiness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sinew \Sin"ew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sinewed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sinew \Sin"ew\, n. [OE. sinewe, senewe, AS. sinu, seonu; akin to D. zenuw, OHG. senawa, G. sehne, Icel. sin, Sw. sena, Dan. sene; cf. Skr. sn[be]va. [root]290.] 1. (Anat.) A tendon or tendonous tissue. See {Tendon}. 2. Muscle; nerve. [R.] --Sir J. Davies. 3. Fig.: 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. Note: Money alone is often called the sinews of war.