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Definition of: hew
(hy
) v. hewed, hewn or hewed, hew·ing v.t.
1. To make or shape with or as with blows of an ax: often with out.
2. To cut with blows of an ax, sword, etc.; chop; hack.
3. To bring down or fell with or as with blows of an ax: usually with down.
—v.i.
4. To make cutting and repeated blows, as with an ax or sword. ♦ Homophone: hue. [OE hēawan]
—hew′er noun
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