Found 2 items, similar to hewn.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: hewn hewn See hew hewn adj 1: cut down with an ax; “a hewn oak” 2: cut or shaped with hard blows of a heavy cutting instrument like an ax or chisel; “a house built of hewn logs”; “rough-hewn stone”; “a path hewn through the underbrush” [syn: hand-hewn] hew v 1: make or shape as with an axe; “hew out a path in the rock” [syn: hew out] 2: strike with an axe; cut down, strike; “hew an oak” [also: hewn]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Hewn Hew \Hew\ (h[=u]), v. t. [imp. Hewed (h[=u]d); p. p. Hewed or Hewn (h[=u]n); p. pr. & vb. n. Hewing.] [AS. he['a]wan; akin to D. houwen, OHG. houwan, G. hauen, Icel. h["o]ggva, 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To form or shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence, to form laboriously; -- often with out; as, to hew out a sepulcher. [1913 Webster] Look unto the rock whence ye are hewn. --Is. li. 1. [1913 Webster] Rather polishing old works than hewing out new. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 3. To cut in pieces; to chop; to hack. [1913 Webster] Hew them to pieces; hack their bones asunder. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Hewn \Hewn\, a. 1. Felled, cut, or shaped as with an ax; roughly squared; as, a house built of hewn logs. [1913 Webster] 2. Roughly dressed as with a hammer; as, hewn stone.