thew[noun]Synonyms: muscle, beef, brawn, might
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thew verb trans.ME-E17.[App. from THEW noun1.]Instruct in morals or manners; train; discipline, chastise.
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thew noun1.
[Ɵju:] Now
literary.
[Old English Þēaw usage, conduct = Old Frisian thaw, Old Saxon Þau, Old High German thau, dau discipline: ult. origin unkn.]1. A custom, a usage, a general practice,
esp. one observed by a group of people, a community, etc.
OE-ME.b. In
pl. Customs ordained; ordinances.
LME-E17.2. A habit; a person's manner of behaving or acting; a personal quality or characteristic; an attribute, a trait. Usu. in
pl. OE-E19.■ Southey In martial thewes..To train the sons of Owen.b. A good quality or habit; a virtue.
ME-L16.3. sing. & (usu.) in
pl. Attractive physical attributes or features;
esp. good bodily proportions, parts, etc., as indicating physical strength; muscles, muscular development; might, vigour;
fig. mental or moral vigour.
ME.■ Shakespeare Julius Caesar Romans now Have thews and limbs like to their ancestors. ■ M. E. Braddon Nature has been kinder to your brother in..thew and sinew. ■ thewness noun (
rare)
(a) virtue;
(b) vigour, robustness:
ME. ■ thewy adjective (
rare) muscular, brawny:
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