The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sinewing
Sinew \Sin"ew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sinewed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sinewing.]
To knit together, or make strong with, or as with, sinews.
--Shak.
Wretches, now stuck up for long tortures . . . might,
if properly treated, serve to sinew the state in time
of danger.
--Goldsmith.