Fashioned by hewing with a chisel, axe, or other tool; made by or resulting from hewing.
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释义 | society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [adjective] > dressed or hewn (12) hewnc1400 Fashioned by hewing with a chisel, axe, or other tool; made by or resulting from hewing. hewed1551 cut or hacked; hewn or dressed, as stone; also (U.S.) hewed-log in attributive use. broached1625 Of stone: Chiselled with a ‘broach’. droved1754 Of stonework: dressed, esp. in parallel lines, using a drove (drove, n. 5); cut or hewn in this way. tooled1815 Worked or shaped with a tool; spec. in Bookbinding: see tool, v. 1b. spalled1867 Dressed or broken with the hammer. More widely, broken off or chipped by spalling. Also spalled-off. dressed1870 Having been subjected to a process such as cleaning, trimming, or smoothing; treated, prepared. Formerly also: †straightened (obsolete). boasted1884 Rough-hewn with a broad chisel. scutched1893 Subcategories:— not (3) |
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