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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hew \Hew\ (h[=u]), verb (used with an object) [imp. {Hewed} (h[=u]d); p. p. {Hewed} or {Hewn} (h[=u]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hewing}.] [AS. he['a]wan; akin to D. houwen, OHG. houwan, G. hauen, Icel. h["o]ggva, Sw. hugga, Dan. hugge, Lith. kova battle, Russ. kovate to hammer, forge. Cf. {Hay} cut grass, {Hoe}.]
1. To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; -- often with down, or off. --Shak.
2. To form or shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence, to form laboriously; -- often with out; as, to hew out a sepulcher.
Look unto the rock whence ye are hewn. --Is. li. 1.
Rather polishing old works than hewing out new. --Pope.
3. To cut in pieces; to chop; to hack.
Hew them to pieces; hack their bones asunder. --Shak.
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