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verb (used with object), rough-hewed, rough-hewed or rough-hewn, rough-hew·ing.
1.
to hew (timber, stone, etc.) roughly or without smoothing or finishing.
2.
to shape roughly; give crude form to.
Also, rough·hew.
Origin:
1520–30
1520–30
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| rough-hew | |
| —vb , -hews, -hewing, -hewed, -hewed, -hewn | |
| 1. | to cut or hew (timber, stone, etc) roughly without finishing the surface |
| 2. | Also: roughcast to shape roughly or crudely |
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