sinew : Idioms & Phrases

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Master sinew

  • (Far.), a large sinew that surrounds the hough of a horse, and divides it from the bone by a hollow place, where the windgalls are usually seated.
Webster 1913

sinew-shrunk

Sin"ew-shrunk` adjective
Definitions
  1. (Far.) Having the sinews under the belly shrunk by excessive fatigue.
Webster 1913

Weeping sinew

  • a ganglion. See Ganglion, n., 2. Colloq.
Webster 1913