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noun

Thew n. (Chiefly used in the plural Thews)

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." "Evil speeches destroy good thews." "To be upbrought in gentle thews and martial might."

Muscle or strength; nerve; brawn; sinew. "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."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Thew" Quotes from Famous Books

... round Hermione went Curtis's strong arms. He was a man of thew and sinew, against whom a slender girl's strength might not hope to prevail. The last thing she looked for was to be embraced at sight. It is the last thing any woman expects, and the one thing to which she is most apt to yield. And really, despite her fluttered cry of protest, ...

— One Wonderful Night - A Romance of New York • Louis Tracy