HEW, v.t. pret. hewed; pp. hewed or hewn. 1. To cut with an ax, or other like instrument, for the purpose of making an even surface or side; as, to hew timber.2. To chop; to cut; to hack; as, to hew in pieces.3. To cut with a chisel; to make smooth; as, to hew stone. 4. To form or shape with an edged instrument; with out; as, to hew out a sepulcher. Is.22.5. To form laboriously. I now pass my days,not studious nor idle, rather polishing old works than hewing out new ones. [Unusual.]To hew down, to cut down; to fell by cutting. To hew off, to cut off; to separate by a cutting instrument.
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