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1 (old-fashioned) to cut sth large with a tool:
to hew wood / rocks
2 (written) to make or shape sth large by cutting:
roughly hewn timber frames * The statues were hewn out of solid rock. * They hewed a path through the forest.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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