sinews

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Sinews, feet, tails, snouts, ears, and horn pith are also largely used.

From Handwork in Wood by Noyes, William

Others again are made of the green Part of the Skin of a Mallard's Head, which they sew perfectly well together, their Thread being either the Sinews of a Deer divided very small, or Silk-Grass.

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

The Baths especially are wonderfully good against the Contraction of the Sinews and against Wounds.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume III Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

Sinews and flesh is to cover them and the breath of life is to return.

From The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition by Gaebelein, Arno C.

Men are more the Sinews of War than Money.

From A Character of King Charles the Second by Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of