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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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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.


HEW, v.t. [pret. hewed; pp. hewed or hewn. Sax. heawian; G. hauen; D. houwen; Sw. hugga; Dan. hugger. In Sw. hugg is a cut, a slash; Dan. hug, a beating, a striking; so that the primary sense is to strike, to drive with the hand. See Hoe.]

  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. xxii.
  5. To form laboriously. I now pass my days, not studious nor idle, rather polishing old works than hewing out new ones. [Unusual.] Pope. To hew down, to cut down; to fell by cutting. To hew off, to cut off; to separate by a cutting instrument.

Hew
  1. To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; -- often with down, or off.

    Shak.
  2. Destruction by cutting down.

    [Obs.]

    Of whom he makes such havoc and such hew. Spenser.

  3. Hue; color.

    [Obs.] Chaucer.
  4. 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.

  5. Shape; form.

    [Obs.] Spenser.
  6. To cut in pieces; to chop; to hack.

    Hew them to pieces; hack their bones asunder. Shak.

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Hew

HEW, verb transitive preterit tense hewed; participle passive 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. Isaiah 22:16.

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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IMPORT'ANCE, n.

1. Weight; consequence; a bearing on some interest; that quality of any thing by which it may affect a measure, interest or result. The education of youth is of great importance to a free government. A religious education is of infinite importance to every human being.

2. Weight or consequence in the scale of being.

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