hew : Idioms & Phrases


hand-hewn

  • adjective satellite cut or shaped with hard blows of a heavy cutting instrument like an ax or chisel
    hewn.
    • a house built of hewn logs
    • rough-hewn stone
    • a path hewn through the underbrush
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hew out

  • verb make or shape as with an axe
    hew.
    • hew out a path in the rock
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rough-hew

  • verb hew roughly, without finishing the surface
    roughcast.
    • rough-hew stone or timber
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