sinewedadj.
/ˈsɪnjuːd/ 1. Having sinews of a specified kind.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > sinew, tendon, or ligament > [adjective] > having
sinewy1398
nervous1483
sinewed1588
nervy1598
1588 T. Kyd tr. T. Tasso Housholders Philos. f. 1 A youth..well proportioned, tough sinewed, and of a strong constitution.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis x, in tr. Virgil Wks. 503 Strong sinew'd was the Youth, and big of Bone.
2. Strengthened with sinews; strong, firm, vigorous, powerful, sinewy.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective]
sensiblea1393
eloquent1393
rhetoricc1450
mightya1500
pithy1529
grave1541
pithful1548
weighty1560
sappy1563
emphatical1567
fasta1568
thwacking1567
forceful1571
enforceable1589
energetical1596
eloquious1599
sinewy1600
emphatic1602
sinewed1604
strong1604
tonitruous1606
nervose1645
nervous1663
energetic1674
energic1683
strong1685
cogent1718
lapidary1724
forcible1726
authoritative1749
terse1777
telling1819
vigorous1821
sturdy1822
tonitruant1861
meaty1874
vertebrate1882
energized1887
jawy1898
heavy1970
the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > strengthening > [adjective] > strengthened
saddedc1520
strengthened1578
sinewed1604
the world > life > the body > structural parts > sinew, tendon, or ligament > types of sinew, tendon, or ligament > [adjective] > strong
sinewyc1440
sinewous1495
sinewed1604
1604 M. Drayton Owle sig. Gv The great Eagle..Whose sinewed wings..Beat the thinne Ayre.
1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 5 This strengthens Speech with nerves and the sinewed cords of twisted Reason.
c1720 T. Tickell Ode to Earl of Sunderland iii The flower of chivalry, who drew With sinew'd arm the stubborn yew.
1894 B. Whitby Mary Fenwick's Daughter III. 82 Five feet eight of sinewed stature.
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1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 85 Tis good for sinewed aches.
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