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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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hewn \Hewn\, adjective
1. Felled, cut, or shaped as with an ax; roughly squared; as, a house built of hewn logs.
2. Roughly dressed as with a hammer; as, hewn stone.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
hewn See {hew}
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
hewn
adjective
1: cut down with an ax; "a hewn oak"
2: cut or shaped with hard blows of a heavy cutting instrument like an ax or chisel; "a house built of hewn logs"; "rough-hewn stone"; "a path hewn through the underbrush" [syn: {hand-hewn}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
hew
verb
1: make or shape as with an axe; "hew out a path in the rock" [syn: {hew out}]
2: strike with an axe; cut down, strike; "hew an oak" [also: {hewn}]
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