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Definition of Thews
1. Noun. Attractive physical attributes or features; good bodily proportions; muscles; vigour. ¹
2. Noun. (plural of thew) ¹
3. Verb. (third-person singular of thew) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thews
1. thew [n] - See also: thew
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thews
Literary usage of Thews
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Select Glossary of English Words Used Formerly in Senses Different from by Richard Chenevix Trench (1865)
"thews. It is a remarkable evidence of the influence of Shakespeare upon the
English language, that while, so far as yet has been observed, ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"Error from Superior Court, Bibb County; HA Ma thews, Judge. Andrew Adams was
convicted of receiving stolen goods, and sentenced by the jury to serve from 3 ..."
3. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1911)
"128 NY 32 LRA (NS) thews (DC) 146 Fed. 306, and State ex rel. Adams v. Burdge,
95 Wis. 390, 37 LRA 157, 60 Am. St. Rep. 123, 70 NW 347; nor an attempt to ..."
4. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1846)
"Toland and Chubb, to man's craving instinct, were like his Grace's recent suggestion
of pepper-water to the starving ploughman. The thews and muscles, ..."
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