'Hewn' definitions:
Definition of 'hewn'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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: hewn, hand-hewn]
Definition of 'Hewn'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Hewn'
From: GCIDE
- 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. Hex