one of the whitish and elastic bundles of fibers, with the accompanying tissues, which transmit nervous impulses between nerve centers and various parts of the animal body.-a sinew or a tendon.-physical force or steadiness; muscular power and control; constitutional vigor.-steadiness and firmness of mind; self-command in personal danger, or under suffering; unshaken courage and endurance; coolness; pluck; resolution.-audacity; assurance.-one of the principal fibrovascular bundles or ribs of a leaf, especially when these extend straight from the base or the midrib of the leaf.-one of the nervures, or veins, in the wings of insects.-to give strength or vigor to; to supply with force; as, fear nerved his arm.