Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sinewy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sinewy \Sin"ew*y\, a.
1. Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, a sinew or
sinews.
The sinewy thread my brain lets fall. --Donne.
2. Well braced with, or as if with, sinews; nervous;
vigorous; strong; firm; tough; as, the sinewy Ajax.
A man whose words . . . were so close and sinewy.
--Hare.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sinewy
adj 1: (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew
[syn: {fibrous}, {stringy}, {unchewable}]
2: consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon [syn: {tendinous}]
3: (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight;
rugged and powerful; "a hefty athlete"; "a muscular
boxer"; "powerful arms" [syn: {brawny}, {hefty}, {muscular},
{powerful}]
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