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    [Noun]  | "sin*ew" | \ ˈsin-(ˌ)yü \


    1: tendon; especially : one dressed for use as a cord or thread

    2: nerve

    3: solid resilient strength : power


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English sinewe, from Old English seono; akin to Old High German senawa sinew, Sanskrit syati he binds;

    [Verb]  | "sinew" 


    1: to strengthen as if with sinews


    Origin: circa 1614 ;

    [Noun]  | "sinew" 


    1: the ability to exert effort for the accomplishment of a task;


      * e.g., " ... the justices displayed great intellectual depth and sinew in writing their opinion on this case "





     [ "sinew" ]

    1: one dressed for use as a cord or thread

      * e.g.,  ... Many fishing decisions are left to the brain of the person fishing, not his or her luck, muscle, or sinew 

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