THEWS
Noun
thews
plural of thew
Verb
thews
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of thew
Anagrams
• whets
Source: Wiktionary
THEW
Thew, n.
Note: [Chiefly used in the plural Thews (.] Etym: [OE. thew, ,
manner, habit, strength, AS. manner, habit (cf. to drive); akin to
OS. thau custom, habit, OHG. dou. *56.]
1. Manner; custom; habit; form of behavior; qualities of mind;
disposition; specifically, good qualities; virtues. [Obs.]
For her great light Of sapience, and for her thews clear. Chaucer.
Evil speeches destroy good thews. Wyclif (1 Cor. xv. 33).
To be upbrought in gentle thews and martial might. Spenser.
2. Muscle or strength; nerve; brawn; sinew. Shak.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition