HEW, pret. hewed pp. hewed or hewn.
1. To cut with an ax, or other like instrument, for the purpose of making an even surface or side as, to hew timber.
2. To chop to cut to hack as, to hew in pieces.
3. To cut with a chisel to make smooth as, to hew stone.
4. To form or shape with an edged instrument with out as, to hew out a sepulcher. Isaiah 22
5. To form laboriously.
I now pass my days,not studious nor idle, rather polishing old works than hewing out new ones. Unusual.
To hew down, to cut down to fell by cutting.
To hew off, to cut off to separate by a cutting instrument.
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