Definitions for: Hew


[v] strike with an axe; cut down, strike; "hew an oak"
[v] make or shape as with an axe; "hew out a path in the rock"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.


Hew, n.
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.

See Also: carve, hew, hew out, roughcast, rough-hew, snag, strike

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