sinewed

English

Etymology

From sinew +‎ -ed.

Adjective

sinewed (not comparable)

1. Having sinews, or sinews of a particular type.

   a strong-sinewed youth

2. (archaic, figuratively) Equipped; strengthened.
   • c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene vii]:

     well sinew'd to our defense

References

• “sinewed”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• DeWines, desinew, endwise, wendies, wisened