hewern.

Brit.

/ˈhjuːə/, U.S.

/ˈhjuər/

Etymology: < hew v. + -er suffix¹.

One who hews.

a. One who cuts wood or stone; spec. one who shapes and dresses stone for building. Cf. hardhewer n.

b. In Lumbering, ‘One who uses a heavy broad-ax in squaring timber’ ( Cent. Dict.).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker performing process or spec. task > [noun] > who cuts

hewer1382

cutter1483

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 1 Esdras iii. 7 Thei ȝeue money to heweris of stonus, and to leieris.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 238/2 Hewar, secator.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 231/1 Hewer of stones, taillevr de pierres.

1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 298 The hewers down of timber.

a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 817 Our friends the Reviewers, those Chippers and Hewers.

1891 Labour Commission Gloss. Hewers, those who follow that branch of the masonry trade which consists in the cutting or dressing of the stone previous to its being placed on the walls.

c. In a colliery, the man who cuts the coal from the seam.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > coal-miner > who cuts coal

hagger1696

hewer1708

holer1829

1708 J. C. Compl. Collier 13 in T. Nourse Mistery of Husbandry Discover'd (ed. 3) To agree with your Hewers of Coals or Miners, by the Score of Corves.

1867 Special Rules Seaton Delaval Colliery in W. W. Smyth Coal & Coal-mining 232 The hewer that keeps his safety lamp in the best order.

1885 Law Times 79 176/1 The plaintiff..a coal hewer or miner.

d. hewers of wood and drawers of water: labourers of the lowest kind; drudges. (From Joshua ix. 21.)

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > [noun] > manual worker > labourer or unskilled > collectively

hewers of wood and drawers of water1535

labouring class1753

volk1882

wananchi1965

c1000 Ælfric Deut. xxix. 11 Buton wuduheawerum and þam þe wæter beraþ.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Deut. xxix. 11 Out taak the hewers of trees, and hem that beren watris.]

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Josh. ix. D Let them lyue, that they maye be hewers of wodd and bearers of water for the whole congregacion.

1755 Man No. 25. 2 Even hewers of wood and drawers of water are men in a lower degree.

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxvi. 83 Being but a hewer of wood and drawer of water, she is rheumatic.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hewer
释义	hewern. Brit. /ˈhjuːə/, U.S. /ˈhjuər/ Etymology: < hew v. + -er suffix¹. One who hews. a. One who cuts wood or stone; spec. one who shapes and dresses stone for building. Cf. hardhewer n. b. In Lumbering, ‘One who uses a heavy broad-ax in squaring timber’ ( Cent. Dict.). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker performing process or spec. task > [noun] > who cuts hewer1382 cutter1483 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 1 Esdras iii. 7 Thei ȝeue money to heweris of stonus, and to leieris. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 238/2 Hewar, secator. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 231/1 Hewer of stones, taillevr de pierres. 1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 298 The hewers down of timber. a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 817 Our friends the Reviewers, those Chippers and Hewers. 1891 Labour Commission Gloss. Hewers, those who follow that branch of the masonry trade which consists in the cutting or dressing of the stone previous to its being placed on the walls. c. In a colliery, the man who cuts the coal from the seam. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > coal-miner > who cuts coal hagger1696 hewer1708 holer1829 1708 J. C. Compl. Collier 13 in T. Nourse Mistery of Husbandry Discover'd (ed. 3) To agree with your Hewers of Coals or Miners, by the Score of Corves. 1867 Special Rules Seaton Delaval Colliery in W. W. Smyth Coal & Coal-mining 232 The hewer that keeps his safety lamp in the best order. 1885 Law Times 79 176/1 The plaintiff..a coal hewer or miner. d. hewers of wood and drawers of water: labourers of the lowest kind; drudges. (From Joshua ix. 21.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > [noun] > manual worker > labourer or unskilled > collectively hewers of wood and drawers of water1535 labouring class1753 volk1882 wananchi1965 c1000 Ælfric Deut. xxix. 11 Buton wuduheawerum and þam þe wæter beraþ. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Deut. xxix. 11 Out taak the hewers of trees, and hem that beren watris.] 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Josh. ix. D Let them lyue, that they maye be hewers of wodd and bearers of water for the whole congregacion. 1755 Man No. 25. 2 Even hewers of wood and drawers of water are men in a lower degree. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxvi. 83 Being but a hewer of wood and drawer of water, she is rheumatic. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1382
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