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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hewn \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hew \Hew\, v. t. [imp. {Hewed}; p. p. {Hewed} or {Hewn}; 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hewn adj 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}]
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