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Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, a sinew or sinews. The sinewy thread my brain lets fall. Donne.

possessing nerve; sinewy; strong; vigorous. "Nervous arms." Pope.

Strong; sinewy. "His nervy knees." Keats.

Evincing strength; indicating vigorous health; strong; sinewy; muscular; vigorous; sound; as, a robust body; robust youth; robust health.

Lean and rough; scragged. "His sinewy, scraggy neck." Sir W. Scott.

Quality of being sinewy.

Sinewy. [Obs.] Holinshed.

Sinewy. [Obs.] Holinshed.

Strong; lusty; vigorous; robust; sinewy; muscular; hence, firm; resolute; dauntless. With hearts stern and stout. Chaucer. A stouter champion never handled sword. Shak. He lost the character of a bold, stout, magnanimous man. Clarendon. The lords all stand To clear their cause, most resolutely stout. Daniel.…

A swordsman. "Sinewy swordmen." Shak.

Full of tendons; sinewy; as, nervous and tendinous parts of the body.

Having strong or large thews or muscles; muscular; sinewy; strong.

A large mass of tough sinewy substance in the head of sperm whales, just above the upper jaw and extending in streaks into the junk above it. It resembles blubber, but contains no oil. Also, the part of the head in which it occurs.

Capable of endurance; tough; sinewy; as, a wiry frame or constitution. "A little wiry sergeant of meek demeanor and strong sense." Dickens. He bore his age well, and seemed to retain a wiry vigor and alertness. Hawthorne.