HEWN

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

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


Adjective

hewn (comparative more hewn, superlative most hewn)

Made or crafted by cutting, whittling down.

Having been cut or mown down.

Verb

hewn

past participle of hew

Synonyms

• hewed

Anagrams

• 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

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



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