noun

• (archaic, chiefly in the plural, also figuratively)
  "I felt the thews of Anakim, / The pulses of a Titan's heart."
• (archaic, chiefly in the plural, also figuratively)
  "[C]are I for the limbe, the thevves, the ſtature, bulke and big aſſemblance of a man: giue me the ſpirit […]"
• (obsolete, chiefly in the plural)
  "He with good thevves and ſpeaches vvell applyde, / Did mollifie, and calme her raging heat."
• (obsolete, chiefly in the plural)
  "This poeticall licence is a ſhrewde fellow, and couereth many faults in a verſe, […] and to conclude it turkeneth all things at pleaſure, for example, ydone for done, adowne for downe, orecome for ouercome, tane for taken, power for powre, heauen for heavn, thewes for good partes or good qualities, and a numbre of whiche were but tedious and needleſſe to rehearſe, ſince your owne iudgement and readyng will ſoone make you eſpie ſuch aduantages."

verb

• (transitive, obsolete) To instruct (someone) in morals or values; also (more generally) to chastise or discipline (someone); to teach or train (someone).