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Webster 1913 Edition

Sinew

Sin′ew

,
Noun.
[OE.
sinewe
,
senewe
, AS.
sinu
,
seonu
; akin to D.
zenuw
, OHG.
senawa
, G.
sehne
, Icel.
sin
, Sw.
sena
, Dan.
sene
; cf. Skr.
snāva
. √290.]
1.
(Anat.)
A tendon or tendonous tissue. See
Tendon
.
2.
Muscle; nerve.
[R.]
Sir J. Davies.
3.
Fig.: That which supplies strength or power.
The portion and
sinew
of her fortune, her marriage dowry.
Shakespeare
The bodies of men, munition, and money, may justly be called the
sinews
of war.
Sir W. Raleigh.
☞ Money alone is often called the sinews of war.

Sin′ew

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sinewed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Sinewing
.]
To knit together, or make strong with, or as with, sinews.
Shak.
Wretches, now stuck up for long tortures . . . might, if properly treated, serve to
sinew
the state in time of danger.
Goldsmith.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sinew

SIN'EW

,
Noun.
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

,
Verb.
I.
To knit as by sinews.

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