Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hewing"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Hew \Hew\, v. t. [imp. {Hewed}; p. p. {Hewed} or {Hewn}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Hewing}.] [AS. he['a]wan; akin to D. houwen, OHG.
houwan, G. hauen, Icel. h["o]ggva, Sw. hugga, Dan. hugge,
Lith. kova battle, Russ. kovate to hammer, forge. Cf. {Hay}
cut grass, {Hoe}.]
1. To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; --
often with down, or off. --Shak.

2. To form or shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence,
to form laboriously; -- often with out; as, to hew out a
sepulcher.

Look unto the rock whence ye are hewn. --Is. li. 1.

Rather polishing old works than hewing out new.
--Pope.

3. To cut in pieces; to chop; to hack.

Hew them to pieces; hack their bones asunder.
--Shak.

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