pret. hewed; pp. hewed or hewn.

To cut with an ax, or other like instrument, for the purpose of making an even surface or side; as, to hew timber.

To chop; to cut; to hack; as, to hew in pieces.

To cut with a chisel; to make smooth; as, to hew stone.

To form or shape with an edged instrument; with out; as, to hew out a sepulcher. Isaiah 22:16.

To form laboriously. I now pass my days, not studious nor idle, rather polishing old works than hewing out new ones. To hew down, to cut down; to fell by cutting. To hew off, to cut off; to separate by a cutting instrument.