thewy


thew

T0162100 (thyo͞o)n. often thews1. Muscular power or strength.2. A well-developed sinew or muscle: "sinews of steel, thews of iron, abdomen like one of those old-time washing boards" (Michael Kelly).
[Middle English, individual habit, virtue, strength (sense influenced by sinew), from Old English thēaw, a custom, habit.]
thew′y adj.