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What does "hew" mean?

Hew: 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.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Rather polishing old works than hewing out new. Pope.
  2. 3.To cut in pieces; to chop; to hack. Hew them to pieces; hack their bones asunder. Shak.
  3. 4.Destruction by cutting down. [Obs.] Of whom he makes such havoc and such hew. Spenser.
  4. 5.Hue; color. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  5. 6.Shape; form. [Obs.] Spenser.

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