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Thewy

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thew  (thy)
n.
1. A well-developed sinew or muscle.
2. Muscular power or strength. Often used in the plural.

[Middle English, individual habit, virtue, strength (sense influenced by sinew), from Old English thaw, a custom, habit.]

thewy adj.


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