Sinew

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster

Sinew - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

SIN'EW, n.

1. In anatomy, a tendon; that which unites a muscle to a bone.

2. In the plural, strength; or rather that which supplies strength. Money is the sinews of war.

3. Muscle; nerve.

SIN'EW, v.i. To knit as by sinews.

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Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

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