Hew

Part of speech: noun (n.)

Destruction by cutting down. [Obs.] Of whom he makes such havoc and such hew. Spenser.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. Hue; color. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. Shape; form. [Obs.] Spenser.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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.