Definition of hew

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Hew (v. t.) To form or shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence, to form laboriously; -- often with out; as, to hew out a sepulcher..

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Shun :: Shun (v. t.) To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice..
Chew :: Chew (v. t.) To ruminate mentally; to meditate on.
Cut :: Cut (v. t.) To form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.; to carve; to hew out..
Eat :: Eat (v. t.) To chew and swallow as food; to devour; -- said especially of food not liquid; as, to eat bread..
Quid :: Quid (n.) A portion suitable to be chewed; a cud; as, a quid of tobacco..
Anacardic :: Anacardic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the cashew nut; as, anacardic acid..
Blackfeet :: Blackfeet (n. pl.) A tribe of North American Indians formerly inhabiting the country from the upper Missouri River to the Saskatchewan, but now much reduced in numbers..
Hypocarpium :: Hypocarpium (n.) A fleshy enlargement of the receptacle, or for the stem, below the proper fruit, as in the cashew. See Illust. of Cashew..
Whewellite :: Whewellite (n.) Calcium oxalate, occurring in colorless or white monoclinic crystals..
Evangelist :: Evangelist (n.) A bringer of the glad tidings of Church and his doctrines. Specially: (a) A missionary preacher sent forth to prepare the way for a resident pastor; an itinerant missionary preacher. (b) A writer of one of the four Gospels (With the definite article); as, the four evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. (c) A traveling preacher whose efforts are chiefly directed to arouse to immediate repentance..
Aunt :: Aunt (n.) The sister of one's father or mother; -- correlative to nephew or niece. Also applied to an uncle's wife.
Eshewed :: Eshewed (imp. & p. p.) of Esche.
Grandnephew :: Grandnephew (n.) The grandson of one's brother or sister.
Help :: Help (v. t.) A helper; one hired to help another; also, thew hole force of hired helpers in any business..
Shew :: Shew (v. t. & i.) See Show.
Chare :: Chare (v. t.) To work or hew, as stone..
Mastication :: Mastication (n.) The act or operation of masticating; chewing, as of food..
Roughhewn :: Roughhewn (a.) Hewn coarsely without smoothing; unfinished; not polished.
Masticate :: Masticate (v. t.) To grind or crush with, or as with, the teeth and prepare for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, to masticate food..
Remastication :: Remastication (n.) The act of masticating or chewing again or repeatedly.
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