01 n. Manner; custom; habit; form of behavior; qualities of mind; disposition; specifically, good qualities; virtues.
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Manner; custom; habit; form of behavior; qualities of mind; disposition; specifically, good qualities; virtues.[Obs.]“For her great light Of sapience, and for her thews clear.” — Chaucer.“Evil speeches destroy good thews.” — Wyclif (1 Cor. xv. 33).“To be upbrought in gentle thews and martial might.” — Spenser.
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Muscle or strength; nerve; brawn; sinew.“And I myself, who sat apart And watched them, waxed in every limb; I felt the thews of Anakim, The pules of a Titan's heart.” — Tennyson.