Hew

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Hue; color.

II. Hew ·noun Shape; form.

III. Hew ·noun Destruction by cutting down.

IV. Hew ·vt To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument;

— often with down, or off.

V. Hew ·vt To cut in pieces; to Chop; to Hack.

VI. Hew ·vt 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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