Definition of hew

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Hew (v. t.) To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; -- often with down, or off..

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Betel Nut :: Betel nut () The nutlike seed of the areca palm, chewed in the East with betel leaves (whence its name) and shell lime..
Broadax Broadaxe :: Broadax Broadaxe (n.) An ax with a broad edge, for hewing timber..
Hew :: Hew (v. t.) To cut in pieces; to chop; to hack.
Hewhole :: Hewhole (n.) The European green woodpecker. See Yaffle.
Nephew :: Nephew (n.) A grandson or grandchild, or remoter lineal descendant..
Thewed :: Thewed (a.) Accustomed; mannered.
To- :: To- (prep.) An obsolete intensive prefix used in the formation of compound verbs; as in to-beat, to-break, to-hew, to-rend, to-tear. See these words in the Vocabulary. See the Note on All to, or All-to, under All, adv..
Hewed :: Hewed (imp.) of He.
Chew :: Chew (v. t.) To ruminate mentally; to meditate on.
Craunch :: Craunch (v. t. & i.) To crush with the teeth; to chew with violence and noise; to crunch.
Nephew :: Nephew (n.) A cousin.
Mouth :: Mouth (v. t.) To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.
Chaw :: Chaw (v. t.) As much as is put in the mouth at once; a chew; a quid.
Underhew :: Underhew (v. t.) To hew less than is usual or proper; specifically, to hew, as a piece of timber which should be square, in such a manner that it appears to contain a greater number of cubic feet than it really does contain..
Pigtail :: Pigtail (n.) A kind of twisted chewing tobacco.
Cud :: Cud (n.) That portion of food which is brought up into the mouth by ruminating animals from their first stomach, to be chewed a second time..
Eschew :: Eschew (a.) To escape from; to avoid.
Axe :: Axe (n.) A tool or instrument of steel, or of iron with a steel edge or blade, for felling trees, chopping and splitting wood, hewing timber, etc. It is wielded by a wooden helve or handle, so fixed in a socket or eye as to be in the same plane with the blade. The broadax, or carpenter's ax, is an ax for hewing timber, made heavier than the chopping ax, and with a broader and thinner blade and a shorter handle..
Upher :: Upher (n.) A fir pole of from four to seven inches diameter, and twenty to forty feet long, sometimes roughly hewn, used for scaffoldings, and sometimes for slight and common roofs, for which use it is split..
Find :: Find (v. t.) To provide for; to supply; to furnish; as, to find food for workemen; he finds his nephew in money..
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