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hewn, ppl. a.|hjuːn|
[pa. pple. of hew v.]
1. Fashioned by hewing with a chisel, axe, or other tool; made by or resulting from hewing.
13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 789 Harde hewen ston. 1600J. Pory tr. Leo's Africa ii. 168 Made of smoothe and hewen stones. 1713Berkeley Guardian No. 70 ⁋2 Small inequalities in the surface of the hewn stone. 1854Ronalds & Richardson Chem. Technol. (ed. 2) I. 63 The hewn logs are arranged with their sharp edges towards the stake. a1856H. Miller Cruise Betsey x. (1858) 165 Having seen similar markings on the hewn-work of ancient castles. 1864Pusey Lect. Daniel viii. 485 From the hewn stump, which has vitality, a strong tree will shoot forth. 1869‘Mark Twain’ Innoc. Abr. xix. 196 A massive hewn-stone affair.
2. Excavated or hollowed out by hewing.
1382Wyclif Luke xxiii. 53 He..puttide him in a graue hewun. 1526Tindale Ibid., He..layed it in an heawen toumbe. |