HEW

v. n.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; -- often with down, or off. Shak.

2.
v.

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.
v.

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

4.
n.

Destruction by cutting down. [Obs.] Of whom he makes such havoc and such hew. Spenser.

5.
n.

Hue; color. [Obs.] Chaucer.

6.
n.

Shape; form. [Obs.] Spenser.

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