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sinewed en · ADJ

Etymology

From sinew + -ed.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Having sinews, or sinews of a particular type.
    • a strong-sinewed youth
  2. (archaic, figuratively, not-comparable) Equipped; strengthened.
    • well sinew'd to our defense c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene vii]: