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an species of elder (Sambucus Ebulus); dwarf elder; wallwort; elderwort; -- called also Daneweed, Dane's weed, and Dane's-blood.

To make new. [Obs.] Skelton.

Moldiness. [R.]

Fresh from the forge; bright; quite new; brand-new. Charles reade. Your fire-new stamp of honor is scarce current. Shak.

Unpracticed. [Obs.] Shak.

imp. of Gnaw. Chaucer.

An umbelliferous plant of the genus Sison (S.Amomum); -- so called because used to cure a swelling called a hone.

To strengthen, as with sinews; to invigorate. [Obs.] All members of our cause, . . . That are insinewed to this action. Shak.

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A talebearer. [Obs.]

A low, bushy, nearly leafless herb (Hypericum Sarothra), common in sandy soil in the Eastern United States.

To make new again; to restore to freshness, perfection, or vigor; to give new life to; to rejuvenate; to re In such a night Medea gathered the enchanted herbs That did renew old Shak.

The quality or state of being renewable. [R.]

Capable of being renewed; as, a lease renewable at pleasure. Swift.

The act of renewing, or the state of being renewed; as, the renewal of a treaty.

Again; once more. [U.S.]

The state of being renewed.

One who, or that which, renews.

Fig.: That which supplies strength or power. The portion and sinew of her fortune, her marriage dowry. Shak. The bodies of men, munition, and money, may justly be called the sinews of war. Sir W. Raleigh.

Having the sinews under the belly shrunk by excessive fatigue.