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Fig.: Equipped; strengthened. When he sees Ourselves well sinewed to our defense. Shak.

Having no sinews; hence, having no strength or vigor.

essed; to fall slowly, as so the ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in strength; to decline; to decay; to decrease. I think our country sinks beneath the yoke. Shak. He sunk down in his chariot. 2 Kings ix. 24. Let not the fire sink or slacken. Mortimer.

A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle. Knight.

In a slack manner. Trench.

truth be in the field, we do injuriously, by licensing and prohibiting, to misdoubt her strength. Milton.

nly; without another; as, to rest a cause solely one argument; to rely solelyn one's own strength.

; earnest; downright. [Obs. & R.] Frederick, the emperor, . . . has spared no expense in strengthening this city; since which time we find no solemn taking it by the Turks. Fuller.

in honor and dishonor, in victory and defeat, a being, so to speak, all in the same boat. Trench. The solidarity . . . of Breton and Welsh poetry. M. Arnold.

osed to fluidity; compactness; fullness of matter, -- opposed to openness or hollowness; strength; soundness, -- opposed to weakness or instability; the primary quality or affection of matter by which its particles exclude or resist all others; hardness; massiveness. That which hinders the approach of two bodies when t…

Soundness; strength; truth; validity, as of arguments, reasons, principles, and the like.

solution (Chem.), a solution which is used as a reagent, and is of a known and standard strength; specifically, a normal solution, containing in each cubic centimeter as many milligrams of the element in question as the number representing its atomic weight; thus, a normal solution of silver nitrate would contain 107.…

United; consolidated; made firm; strengthened. [Obs.] O martyr souded for virginity! Chaucer.

A strengthening cross timber.

id in motion or performance; as, a speedy flight; on speedy foot. I will wish her speedy strength. Shak. Darts, which not the good could shun, The speedy ould outfly. Dryden.

To exhaust of force or strength; to waste; to wear away; as, the violence of the waves was spent. Their bodies spent with long labor and thirst. Knolles.

An instrument for measuring the strength of the pulse beat; a sphygmograph.

h the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; a frame for strengthening a core or mold for a casting, etc. Spider ant. (Zoöl.) Same as Solitary ant, under Solitary. -- Spider crab (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of maioid crabs having a more or less triangular body and ten long legs…

That which is gained by strength or effort. each science and each art his spoil. Bentley.

eston. The fly is an intruder, and a common smell-feast, that sponges upon other people's trenchers. L'Estrange.