hewn, hand-hewn
(adjective) 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”
hew
(verb) strike with an axe; cut down, strike; “hew an oak”
hew, hew out
(verb) make or shape as with an axe; “hew out a path in the rock”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
hewn (comparative more hewn, superlative most hewn)
Made or crafted by cutting, whittling down.
Having been cut or mown down.
hewn
past participle of hew
• hewed
• when
Source: Wiktionary
Hewn, a.
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.
Hew, v. t. [imp. Hewed; p. p. Hewed or Hewn (; p. pr. & vb. n. Hewing.] Etym: [AS. heáwan; akin to D. houwen, OHG. houwan, G. hauen, Icel. höggva, 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.
Hew, n.
Definition: Destruction by cutting down. [Obs.] Of whom he makes such havoc and such hew. Spenser.
Hew, n.
1. Hue; color. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Shape; form. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
