A helper; one hired to help another; also, thew hole force of hired helpers in any business.
Defn: A sort of light spear, to be thrown or cast by thew hand; anciently, a weapon of war used by horsemen and foot soldiers; now used chiefly in hunting the wild boar and other fierce game.
Jus’ shot wher he went thew; when he drapped he was right smarten wet, an’ it rained purtty peart thew the shot holes in the cloud.
A giant need not be proportioned in the mould; nor a thew be symmetrical to be massive.
She is accompanied by Mr. Jocelyn Thew and a young officer in the uniform of a Flight Commander.
Jocelyn Thew watched him with an air of contemptuous amusement.
Jocelyn Thew stepped on tiptoe across the deck as far as the rail and returned in a few minutes.
There is no doubt that Jocelyn Thew spent the first night in Liverpool.
Jocelyn Thew stepped into a room on the right-hand side of the entrance and, making his way to the window, glanced cautiously out.
I recognise the truth of all that you say," Jocelyn Thew agreed, "but it happens that I know the young man and his people.
Jocelyn Thew shrugged his shoulders and accepted what amounted almost to a little nod of dismissal.
Jocelyn Thew has brought it off against us this time, but then, you see, one must lose a trick now and then.
I can't conceive anything more fortunate than this meeting," Jocelyn Thew declared, as he inspected the cigars which had been brought round to him, with the air of a connoisseur.
Jocelyn Thew smiled to himself on his way out, as he watched four of them climb into a taxicab.
Jocelyn Thewmust have left the City of Boston at about eight o'clock on Monday morning.
I was pretty well done in, but Thew suddenly swung round and caught Jake Hannaway very nearly where he had hit Murchison.
Is this man Jocelyn Thewconnected with it in any way?
Perhaps, after all," Jocelyn Thew declared, "you are right to go.
Jocelyn Thew threw back his head with a little familiar gesture.
Indeed, it was necessary to exert every thew and sinew if the animal were to be prevented from tearing him to pieces.
He was tall and great of thew and sinew--a giant among men, towering head and shoulders even above the tall Frankish warriors.
Thew sound produced by anuthing that creaks; a creaking.
A sort of light spear, to be thrown or cast by thew hand; anciently, a weapon of war used by horsemen and foot soldiers; now used chiefly in hunting the wild boar and other fierce game.
Captain Thew encountered a little difficulty once at Kingston, through a violation, unconsciously on his part, of naval etiquette.
It was necessary to comply with the demand, but the bunting was afterwards restored to Captain Thew on making the proper representations.
The Moors believed that with Rinaldo's thew And muscle fortified, each Christian came.
As for the thieves, or poachers, or whatever they be, Jake Thew may continue the chase alone.
One Alice, wife of Robert de Causton, stood in the thew for thickening the bottom of a quart-pot with pitch, so as to give short measure.
For women, the thew was substituted for the pillory.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "thew" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
