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roughhew


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Roughhew  \Rough"hew`\,  v.  t. 
  1.  To  hew  coarsely,  without  smoothing;  as  to  roughhew 
  timber. 
 
  2.  To  give  the  first  form  or  shape  to  to  form  rudely;  to 
  shape  approximately  and  rudely;  to  roughcast. 
 
  There's  a  divinity  that  shapes  our  ends  Roughhew 
  them  how  we  will  --Shak. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rough-hew 
  v  :  hew  roughly,  without  finishing  the  surface;  "rough-hew  stone 
  or  timber"  [syn:  {roughcast}]