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unˈsinewed, ppl. a.
[f. prec. or un-1 8.]
Not furnished with sinews; not sinewy or strong; weakened in sinews, enfeebled.
1541R. Copland Guydon's Form. S iij, The seconde intencyon is accomplysshed by hote yron in vnsynewed places..and by corosyues, in meane places. 1615Daniel Hymen's Tri. ii. i, Those vnsinewed amorous heardsmen. 1678Dryden All for Love i. i, Can any Roman see and know him now,..Unbent, unsinew'd, made a woman's toy? 1863W. Lancaster Præterita 116 Old brand, art shamed with my unsinew'd gripe? 1872R. W. Buchanan St. Abe ii. v, As each Saint sank unsinew'd, In his arm-chair he continued: ‘Goodman Jones’ [etc.].
b. fig. (Cf. prec. 1 b.)
1602Shakes. Ham. iv. vii. 10 O for two speciall Reasons, Which may to you (perhaps) seeme much vnsinnowed, And yet to me they are strong. 1643Lanc. Tracts Civil War (Chetham Soc.) 169 From him I must expect an unsinewed and faithles agreement. 1683Dryden (& Soame) tr. Boileau's Art Poetry iii. 189 Without these Ornaments before our Eyes, Th' unsinew'd Poem languishes. 1746Francis tr. Horace, Sat. ii. i. 3 My Lines are weak, unsinew'd, others say. |