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Pronunciation : Hew
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [AS. he?wan; akin to D. houwen, OHG. houwan, G. hauen, Icel. h?ggva, Sw. hugga, Dan. hugge, Lith. kova battle, Russ. kovate to hammer, forge. Cf. Hay cut grass, Hoe.]
Definition : 1. To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; -- often with down, or off. Shak.

2. 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.

3. To cut in pieces; to chop; to hack. Hew them to pieces; hack their bones asunder. Shak.

t. [imp. Hewed; p. p. Hewed or Hewn (; p. pr. & vb. n. Hewing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Hew
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: Destruction by cutting down. [Obs.] Of whom he makes such havoc and such hew. Spenser.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Hew
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. Hue; color. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. Shape; form. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913