Meaning of Sinew | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A cord or tendon of the body.
2. A cord or string, particularly (music) as of a musical instrument.
3. Muscular power, muscle; nerve, nervous energy; vigor, vigorous strength.
   figuratively
4. That which gives strength or in which strength consists; a supporting factor or member; mainstay.
   figuratively, in-plural, often
5. A nerve.
   obsolete

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Examples

“[S]he loſt a noble and renowned brother, in his loue toward her, euer moſt kinde and naturall: with him the portion and ſinew of her fortune, her marriage dowry: with both, her combynate-husband, this well-ſeeming Angelo.”

“The Bodies of Men, Munition, and Mony may justly be called the ſinews of War, yet of them the two firſt are more neceſſary, for Men and Arms have means to find Mony and Meate: but Mony and Meate cannot ſo eaſily find Soldiers and ſwords.”

“Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.”

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