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hewn - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'hewn' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Hewn
- of Hew
2 . Hewn [ a.]
- Felled, cut, or shaped as with an ax; roughly squared; as, a house built of hewn logs.
- Roughly dressed as with a hammer; as, hewn stone.

Meaning of 'hewn' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . hewn [ s]
Meaning (1):
- cut or shaped with hard blows of a heavy cutting instrument like an ax or chisel
Example in sentence:
  • a house built of hewn logs;
  • a path hewn through the underbrush;
  • rough-hewn stone