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Webster 1913 Edition
Thew
Thew
(thū)
, Noun.
[Chiefly used in the plural
Thews
(thūz)
.] [OE.
thew
, þeau
, manner, habit, strength, AS. þeáw
manner, habit (cf. þȳwan
to drive); akin to OS. thau
custom, habit, OHG. dou
. √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
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
The pules of a Titan’s heart.
And watched them, waxed in every limb;
I felt the
thews
of Anakim,The pules of a Titan’s heart.
Tennyson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Thew
THEW
,Noun.
1.
Brawn. [Not in use.]