Hewn

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hewn \Hewn\, a.
     1. Felled, cut, or shaped as with an ax; roughly squared; as,
        a house built of hewn logs.
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     2. Roughly dressed as with a hammer; as, hewn stone. Hex



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hew \Hew\ (h[=u]), v. t. [imp. {Hewed} (h[=u]d); p. p. {Hewed}
     or {Hewn} (h[=u]n); 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.
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     2. To form or shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence,
        to form laboriously; -- often with out; as, to hew out a
        sepulcher.
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              Look unto the rock whence ye are hewn. --Is. li. 1.
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              Rather polishing old works than hewing out new.
                                                    --Pope.
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     3. To cut in pieces; to chop; to hack.
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              Hew them to pieces; hack their bones asunder.
                                                    --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hewn
       See {hew}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hew
       v 1: make or shape as with an axe; "hew out a path in the rock"
            [syn: {hew out}]
       2: strike with an axe; cut down, strike; "hew an oak"
       [also: {hewn}]