Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sinew"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sinew \Sin"ew\, n. [OE. sinewe, senewe, AS. sinu, seonu; akin to
D. zenuw, OHG. senawa, G. sehne, Icel. sin, Sw. sena, Dan.
sene; cf. Skr. sn[=a]va. [root]290.]
1. (Anat.) A tendon or tendonous tissue. See {Tendon}.
2. Muscle; nerve. [R.] --Sir J. Davies.
3. 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.
Note: Money alone is often called the sinews of war.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sinew \Sin"ew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sinewed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Sinewing}.]
To knit together, or make strong with, or as with, sinews.
--Shak.
Wretches, now stuck up for long tortures . . . might,
if properly treated, serve to sinew the state in time
of danger. --Goldsmith.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sinew
n 1: a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with
its bony attachment [syn: {tendon}]
2: muscular strength [syn: {brawn}, {muscle}]
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