thew

Muscular power or strength.

A well-developed sinew or muscle.

A bondman; a slave.

Bond; servile.

To oppress; enslave.

Custom; habit; manner; usually in the plural, customs; habits; manners; morals; qualities; moral traits; conditions.

A muscle; a sinew: used generally in the plural.

An old or provincial or artificial preterit of thaw.

A cucking-stool; perhaps, also, a form of pillory.

Manner; custom; habit; form of behavior; qualities of mind; disposition; specifically, good qualities; virtues.