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noun

Thew n. (Chiefly used in the plural Thews)

Manner; custom; habit; form of behavior; qualities of mind; disposition; specifically, good qualities; virtues. (Obs.) "For her great light Of sapience, and for her thews clear." "Evil speeches destroy good thews." "To be upbrought in gentle thews and martial might."

Muscle or strength; nerve; brawn; sinew. "And I myself, who sat apart And watched them, waxed in every limb; I felt the thews of Anakim, The pules of a Titan's heart."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... goal of a captain for every polling precinct, each with a committee of ten women to look after the individual voters. Larger cities had a chairman and board of officers combined with the assembly and election district organization. In Buffalo, Mrs. Thew Wright headed a capable board; in Rochester one was led by Mrs. Alice Clement, later by Mrs. Henry G. Danforth; in Syracuse by Mrs. Mary Hyde Andrews; in Utica by Miss Lucy C. Watson. By the end of the campaign, ...

— The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI • Various