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   Hew (hū), v. t. [imp. Hewed (hūd); p. p. Hewed or Hewn (hūn); p. pr. & vb. n. Hewing.] [AS. heáwan; akin to D. houwen, OHG. houwan, G. hauen, Icel. höggva, Sw. hugga, Dan. hugge, Lith. kova battle, Russ. kovate to hammer, forge.  Cf. Hay cut grass, Hoe.]
   1. To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; -- often with down, or off.  Shak.
   
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   2. 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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   Look unto the rock whence ye are hewn. Is. li. 1.
   
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   Rather polishing old works than hewing out new. Pope.
   
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   3. To cut in pieces; to chop; to hack.
   
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   Hew them to pieces; hack their bones asunder. Shak.
   
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   Hew, n. Destruction by cutting down. [Obs.]
   
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   Of whom he makes such havoc and such hew. Spenser.
   
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   Hew, n.
   1. Hue; color. [Obs.]  Chaucer.
   
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   2. Shape; form. [Obs.]  Spenser.
   
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