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Flexor vs Thew - What's the difference?

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Flexor is a related term of thew.


As nouns the difference between flexor and thew

is that flexor is (anatomy) a muscle whose contraction acts to bend a joint or limb while thew is (lb) a bondman; a slave or thew can be muscle or sinew.

As an adjective thew is

(lb) bond; servile.

As a verb thew is

(obsolete) to oppress; enslave or thew can be instruct in morals or values; chastise.

flexor

English

(wikipedia flexor)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (anatomy) A muscle whose contraction acts to bend a joint or limb.
  • * 2004 , Jean-Pierre Hourdebaigt, Canine Massage: A Complete Reference Manual
    • Starting at the point of shoulder, use muscle squeezings, picking-ups, kneadings and gentle frictions, interspersed with effleurages, over the triceps muscle as well as the fleshy part of the flexor and extensor muscle groups.

    See also

    * biceps * extensor

    thew

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) . See (l), (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (lb) A bondman; a slave.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (lb) Bond; servile.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) thewen, from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To oppress; enslave.

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) thew, theaw (often in plural thewes), from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Muscle or sinew.
  • * 1927 , , Arrow, 2008, page 247
    • As a rule, the Purple Chicken catered for the intelligentsia of the neighbourhood, and these did not run to thews and sinews. On most nights in the week you would find the tables occupied by wispy poets and slender futurist painters...
  • * 1960 , , Low-Lands
    • Fortune’s elf child and disinherited darling, young and randy and more a Jolly Jack Tar than anyone human could conceivably be; thews and chin taut against a sixty-knot gale with a well-broken-in briar clenched in the bright defiant teeth
  • A good quality or habit; virtue.
  • An attractive physical attribute, especially muscle; mental or moral vigour.
    • Quotations
    * 1602 : , act 1 scene 3 lines 11-12-13-14 *: For nature crescent does not grow alone *: In thews and bulks, but as this temple waxes, *: The inward service of the mind and soul *: Grows wide withal.
    Derived terms
    * thewless * thewness * thews * thewy

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • Instruct in morals or values; chastise.
    • Derived terms
    * thewed

    Anagrams

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