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

Sinew, a tendon; that which unites a muscle to a bone.

From A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. by Anonymous

Their Bite is venomous, if not speedily remedied; especially, if the Wound be in a Vein, Nerve, Tendon, or Sinew; when it is very difficult to cure.

From A New Voyage to Carolina, containing the exact description and natural history of that country; together with the present state thereof; and a journal of a thousand miles, travel'd thro' several nations of Indians; giving a particular account of their customs, manners, etc. by Lawson, John

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