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sinew
English
Etymology
From Middle English sineu, sineue, sinue (“tendon; ligament or other connective tissue; muscle; nerve; leaf vein”), from Old English seonu, sinewe, sinu (“tendon, sinew; nerve”), from Proto-West Germanic *sinu, from Proto-Germanic *sinw?, *senaw? (“sinew”), from Proto-Indo-European *sn?h?wr? (“tendon, sinew”), from *(s)neh?- (“to twist (threads), spin, weave”).
The word is cognate with sinnow (“sinew”), Scots senon, sinnon, Saterland Frisian Siene (“sinew”), West Frisian senuw, sine (“sinew; nerve”), Dutch zenuw (“nerve, sinew”), German Sehne (“tendon, sinew; cord”), Icelandic sin (“tendon”), Swedish sena (“sinew”), Avestan ????????????????????????????? (sn?uuar, “tendon, sinew”), Ancient Greek ?????? (neûron, “tendon; nerve; cord”), Latin nervus (“tendon, sinew; nerve”), Sanskrit ??????? (sn?ván, “sinew, tendon; muscle”), Tocharian B ?ñor (“sinew”). Doublet of nerve and neuron.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?s?nju?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?s?nju/
- Hyphenation: sin?ew
Noun
sinew (plural sinews)
- (anatomy) A cord or tendon of the body.
- A cord or string, particularly (music) as of a musical instrument.
- (figuratively) Muscular power, muscle; nerve, nervous energy; vigor, vigorous strength.
- (figuratively, often in the plural) That which gives strength or in which strength consists; a supporting factor or member; mainstay.
- (anatomy, obsolete) A nerve.
Alternative forms
- sinnew
Coordinate terms
- (cord or string): twine
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
sinew (third-person singular simple present sinews, present participle sinewing, simple past and past participle sinewed)
- (transitive) To knit together or make strong with, or as if with, sinews.
Derived terms
- unsinew
Translations
References
Further reading
- tendon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Wenis, Wiens, Wines, sewin, swein, swine, we'ins, wenis, wines, wisen
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babiche
English
Etymology
First attested around 1800–10. From Canadian French, from Mi'kmaq ápapíj (“cord, thread”), diminutive of ápapi, from Proto-Algonquian *a?lapa·py, *a?lapa·pyi, from *a?lapy- (“net”) + *-a·py (“string”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b??bi??/, /bæ?bi??/
- Hyphenation: ba?biche
Noun
babiche (plural babiches)
- (Canada, US) Thong(s) of rawhide or sinew used as cord, lacing, or webbing, in the manufacture of snowshoes, braided straps and tumplines, fishing and harpoon lines, knit bags, etc.
See also
- Gadacz, René R. (2008). “Babiche”, in the Canadian Encyclopedia.
References
- “babiche” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
- “babiche” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “babiche” in The New Oxford American Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2005
French
Etymology
From Mi'kmaq ápapíj (“cord, thread”). See above.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.bi?/
Noun
babiche f (plural babiches)
- babiche
Related terms
- babichon
Further reading
- “babiche” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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