Meaning of thewy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Muscular; brawny.
2. Sinewy.

Examples

“The rest⟳ of the crew, myself included, merely stood up to our spikes in heaving, whereas, unwontedly exhilarated, at every turn⟳ of the ponderous windlass, my belted comrade leaped atop of it, with might and main giving a downward, thewy, perpindicular heave, his raised eye bent in cheery animation upon the slowly receding shore.”

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