3. In later or modern magic, that species of magic in which effects are claimed to be produced by supernatural agency, in distinction from natural magic.
THEW
Thew, n.
Note: [Chiefly used in the plural Thews (.] Etym: [OE. thew, , manner, habit, strength, AS. manner, habit (cf. to drive); akin to OS. thau custom, habit, OHG. dou. *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.
THEWED
Thewed, a.
1. Furnished with thews or muscles; as, a well-thewed limb.
2. Accustomed; mannered. [Obs.] John Skelton. Yet would not seem so rude and thewed ill. Spenser.
THEWY
Thew"y, a.
Defn: Having strong or large thews or muscles; muscular; sinewy; strong.