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rough-hew

  [ruhf-hyoo]
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–verb (used with object), -hewed, -hewed or -hewn, -hew⋅ing.
1. to hew (timber, stone, etc.) roughly or without smoothing or finishing.
2. to shape roughly; give crude form to.
Also, roughhew.

Origin:
1520–30
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rough-hew   (rŭf'hyōō')
tr.v.   rough-hewed, rough-hewed or rough-hewn (-hyōōn'), rough-hew·ing, rough-hews

  1. To hew or shape (timber, for example) roughly, without finishing.

  2. To make in rough form.

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