sinew

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

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 intransitive To knit as by sinews.
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