Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Muscular power or strength.
- noun A well-developed sinew or muscle.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bondman; a slave.
- Bond; servile.
- To oppress; enslave.
- noun Custom; habit; manner; usually in the plural, customs; habits; manners; morals; qualities; moral traits; conditions.
- noun A muscle; a sinew: used generally in the plural.
- noun An old or provincial or artificial preterit of
thaw . - noun A cucking-stool; perhaps, also, a form of pillory.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Manner; custom; habit; form of behavior; qualities of mind; disposition; specifically, good qualities; virtues.
- noun Muscle or strength; nerve; brawn; sinew.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
bondman ; aslave . - verb transitive, obsolete To
oppress ;enslave . - noun
Muscle orsinew . - noun A good quality or habit;
virtue . - noun An attractive physical attribute, especially
muscle ; mental ormoral vigour . - verb Instruct in
morals or values;chastise . - adjective obsolete
Bond ;servile .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Put any obstruction in thew waste line, and your problems will begin. michael bailey Says:
POOPTRICITY: Want Electricity? Flush Your Turbine Toilet! | Inhabitat 2008
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If you want a democrat in thew white it best if everyone unite behind Hillary.
Polls show Clinton stronger against McCain in crucial states 2008
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Let The Right One In hits theaters next month, but a English-language remake is already in thew works with Cloverfield director Matt Reeves at the helm.
Original Let The Right One In Director Talks Remake | /Film 2008
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And unfortunately for the rest of us in thew world, those people include the President, the Vice President, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense.
Think Progress » U.S. considering direct talks with Iran. 2006
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The one thing I can say is that the notario I work for is honest -- something I definitely wouldn't say about all notarios (or attorneys anywhere in thew world).
attorney in SMA? 2004
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Won't make a difference because there bhas been no real changes since thew Republicans controlled everything.
Obama says now is time for Dems to get focused midterms 2010
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This is a fictional story, made up to show how thew legal system use and should work.
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Not just the sake of law but of justice for thew many who came here legally.
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Jennifer Granholm I'd be more worried about your lack of leadership and the way you are running thew once great state of Michigan into the ground but that's what democrats do.
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Won't make a difference because there bhas been no real changes since thew Republicans controlled everything.
Obama says now is time for Dems to get focused midterms 2010
yarb commented on the word thew
...the delicate, shy, pale Flora
(who strains and frets under sleek black thew)...
- Peter Reading, Dark Continent, from Diplopic, 1983
June 29, 2008
dontcry commented on the word thew
Nicknames you shouldn't give to an axe-wielding, loincloth-wearing barbarian warrior with bulging thews. My favorite list!
June 29, 2008
asativum commented on the word thew
Nobody is listing Nicknames you shouldn't give to an axe-wielding, loincloth-wearing barbarian warrior with bulging thews. Why don't you?
June 30, 2008
pterodactyl commented on the word thew
Your favorite list? Gosh!
*feels very honored*
*also provides a link*
June 30, 2008
knitandpurl commented on the word thew
"Greek schemers seek egress en ténèbres, then enter the melee — the welter where berserk tempers seethe whenever men's mettle, then men's fettle, gets tested; there, the Greek berserkers sever men's thews, then shred men's flesh."
Eunoia by Christian Bök (upgraded edition), p 44
May 21, 2010
rolig commented on the word thew
… for Romans now
Have thews and limbs like to their ancestors…
– Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act I, scene iii
June 8, 2015