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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Shew :: Shew (n.) Show.
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..
Ruminate :: Ruminate (v. i.) To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly chewed and swallowed.
Cushewbird :: Cushewbird (n.) The galeated curassow. See Curassow.
Gospel :: Gospel (v.) One of the four narratives of the life and death of Jesus Christ, written by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John..
Naphew :: Naphew (n.) See Navew.
Mouth :: Mouth (v. t.) To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.
Gurt :: Gurt (n.) A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of a working drift..
Apostle :: Apostle (n.) The missionary who first plants the Christian faith in any part of the world; also, one who initiates any great moral reform, or first advocates any important belief; one who has extraordinary success as a missionary or reformer; as, Dionysius of Corinth is called the apostle of France, John Eliot the apostle to the Indians, Theobald Mathew the apostle of temperance..
Cham :: Cham (v. t.) To chew.
Quid :: Quid (n.) A portion suitable to be chewed; a cud; as, a quid of tobacco..
Eschew :: Eschew (a.) To escape from; to avoid.
Whew :: Whew (n. & interj.) A sound like a half-formed whistle, expressing astonishment, scorn, or dislike..
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..
Hewer :: Hewer (n.) One who hews.
Rumination :: Rumination (n.) The act or process of ruminating, or chewing the cud; the habit of chewing the cud..
Masticatory :: Masticatory (n.) A substance to be chewed to increase the saliva.
Hew :: Hew (n.) Destruction by cutting down.
Munch :: Munch (v. t. & i.) To chew with a grinding, crunching sound, as a beast chews provender; to chew deliberately or in large mouthfuls..
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..
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