sinew
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Sinew, flesh and bone appear impressively tactile, and contrasts between light and shadow are strong.
From Washington Post • Nov. 14, 2019
A version of this review appears in print on February 14, 2014, on page C27 of the with the headline: Global Citizens, Bound by Soul and Sinew .
From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2014
Membrane, Sinew, Horn--Parchment; cat-gut; membrane thread; sinews for thread; glue;; isinglass; horn, tortoise-shell and whalebone.
From The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries by Galton, Francis, Sir
Sinew, catgut, and rawhide strings were used by the early archers, but have been abandoned by the more modern.
From Hunting with the Bow and Arrow by Pope, Saxton
Sinew, sin′ū, n. that which joins a muscle to a bone, a tendon: muscle, nerve: that which supplies vigour.—v.t. to bind as by sinews: to strengthen.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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