\Thew\ (th[=u]), n.
Note: [Chiefly used in the plural {Thews} (th[=u]z).] [OE.
      thew, [thorn]eau, manner, habit, strength, AS.
      [thorn]e['a]w manner, habit (cf. [thorn][=y]wan to
      drive); akin to OS. thau custom, habit, OHG. dou.
      [root]56.]
1. 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.                                --Chaucer.
         Evil speeches destroy good thews.     --Wyclif (1
                                               Cor. xv. 33).
         To be upbrought in gentle thews and martial might.
                                               --Spenser.
2. Muscle or strength; nerve; brawn; sinew. --Shak.
         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.                   --Tennyson.