- A
tendon or
sinew is a
tough band of
dense fibrous connective tissue that
connects muscle to bone. It
sends the
mechanical forces of
muscle contraction...
- from horn, wood, and
sinew laminated together, a form of
laminated bow. The horn is on the belly,
facing the archer, and
sinew on the
outer side of a...
-
forces would withdraw from
Europe within two years.)
Winston Churchill's "
Sinews of Peace"
address of 5
March 1946, at
Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri...
- battle. In
early Welsh sources,
Bedwyr Bedrydant ("Bedwyr of the
Perfect Sinew") is a handsome, one-handed
warrior under Arthur's command. His
father is...
-
ngwaagan 'dream snare' (Curve Lake
First Nation) – a hoop with
woven string or
sinew meant to
replicate a spider's web, used as a
protective charm for infants...
- or "night-mare". The
initial sin-
element is here
identified as
meaning "
sinew" or
rather "nerves", so that the
total phrase comes out as "nervous (or...
-
Sinews of Survival: The
Living Legacy of
Inuit Clothing is a 1997
ethnographic book
about Inuit clothing by
Canadian ethnologist Betty Kobayashi Issenman...
- a 'skein-bow', and was a
torsion device using twisted skeins of silk or
sinew to
power two bow-arms. The
springald was a
defensive bolt
thrower based...
-
Sineu (Catalan pronunciation: [
siˈnew]) is a muni****lity in
central Mallorca, one of the
Balearic Islands, Spain.
Olympic cyclist Francisco Tortellá was...
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involves simultaneously swinging two
sealskin balls suspended on
caribou sinew strings in
opposite directions with one hand. It is po****r with Alaskans...
