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Definition of: sinew
(sin′y) noun
1. A tendon or other fibrous cord.
2. Strength, or that which supplies strength.
3. Obs. A nerve.
—v.t. To strengthen or knit together, as with sinews; supply with sinews. [OE sinu, seonu]
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