'Thew' definitions:
Definition of 'Thew'
From: GCIDE
- Thew \Thew\ (th[=u]), n.
- Note: [Chiefly used in the plural Thews (th[=u]z).] [OE. thew, [thorn]eau, manner, habit, strength, AS. [thorn]e['a]w manner, habit (cf. [thorn][=y]wan to drive); akin to OS. thau custom, habit, OHG. dou. [root]56.]
- 1. Manner; custom; habit; form of behavior; qualities of mind; disposition; specifically, good qualities; virtues. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- For her great light Of sapience, and for her thews clear. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Evil speeches destroy good thews. --Wyclif (1 Cor. xv. 33). [1913 Webster]
- To be upbrought in gentle thews and martial might. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Muscle or strength; nerve; brawn; sinew. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- And I myself, who sat apart And watched them, waxed in every limb; I felt the thews of Anakim, The pules of a Titan's heart. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]