hew

[HEW]

If you're a lumberjack, the word hew is nothing new. You hew things every day with one swift swing of the axe, chopping and shaping wood.

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To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; -- often with down, or off.

Verb
strike with an axe; cut down, strike; "hew an oak"

Verb
make or shape as with an axe; "hew out a path in the rock"

v. t.
To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; -- often with down, or off.

v. t.
To form or shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence, to form laboriously; -- often with out; as, to hew out a sepulcher.

v. t.
To cut in pieces; to chop; to hack.

n.
Destruction by cutting down.

n.
Hue; color.

n.
Shape; form.

Hew

Hew , v. t. [imp. Hewed ; p. p. Hewed or Hewn ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hewing.] [AS. he'a0wan; akin to D. houwen, OHG. houwan, G. hauen, Icel. h'94ggva, 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.

Rather polishing old works than hewing out new.

3. To cut in pieces; to chop; to hack.

Hew them to pieces; hack their bones asunder.

Hew

Hew, n. Destruction by cutting down. [Obs.]

Of whom he makes such havoc and such hew.

Hew

Hew, n. 1. Hue; color. [Obs.] Chaucer. 2. Shape; form. [Obs.] Spenser.

To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; -- often with down, or off.

Destruction by cutting down.

Hue; color.

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