unhewnadj.
1. Not hacked or cut with weapons.
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the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > free from injury > specific
unhewna1400
unstangeda1400
uncutc1426
unbirsed1435
unpricked1561
unpoisoned1579
unvenued1581
unwrung1604
unbruiseda1616
unstung1615
unbraineda1627
pierce-free1629
whole-eared1681
unscalped1726
bite-free1730
unembowelleda1731
unbleeding1812
unlamed1839
undrugged1868
undislocated1876
unjabbed1891
unshot1897
a1400–50 Alexander 1945 Besely we shapid Out of þe handis vn-hewyn of oure hatill fais.
2.
a. Not hewn or cut into shape; not fashioned or shaped by hewing.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials having undergone process > [adjective] > cut, hewn, or sawn > not
unhewed1382
unhewn1382
unsawn1572
unsawed1786
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369) Josh. viii. 31 An auter of stones vnhewen þe whiche eiren haþ not touchid.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iv. xlv. 359 A Stone unhewn has been set up for Neptune.
1797 A. Radcliffe Italian II. vii. 225 The walls, of unhewn marble, were high, and strengthened by bastions.
1804 Ann. Rev. 2 191 An unhewn log of wood..decorated with red feathers.
1857 Ld. Dufferin Lett. from High Latitudes (ed. 3) 309 This fringe of unhewn timber that lined the beach.
1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid iii, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 180 Pantagia's harbour, a gorge in the unhewn stone.
b. figurative. Unpolished, rough, rugged.
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the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [adjective]
untheweda1325
unbenec1400
incondite1539
undight1555
ungentle1565
impolished1583
transalpinea1592
impolited1598
uncourtly1598
tartarous1602
impolite1612
unelevated1627
unfashioned1630
unbrushed1640
unhewed1644
hirsute1658
unhewn1659
inelegant1667
sordid1668
ingenteel1694
barbarous1700
ungracefula1732
tramontane1740
uninformed1754
clumsy1758
heavy1817
uncharmed1818
nettle-rough1850
blowzy1851
mal élevé1878
inexquisite1922
pseudo-sophisticated1925
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > ill-mannered > unrefined
boistousc1300
untheweda1325
uplandisha1387
unaffiled1390
rudea1393
knavishc1405
peoplisha1425
clubbedc1440
blunt1477
lob?1507
robust1511
borel1513
carterly1519
clubbish1530
rough?1531
rustical?1532
incondite1539
agrestc1550
rusticc1550
brute1555
lobcocka1556
loutisha1556
carterlike1561
boorish1562
ruggedc1565
lobbish1567
loutlike1567
sowish1570
clownish1581
unrefined1582
impolished1583
homespun1590
transalpinea1592
swaddish1593
unpolished1594
untutored1595
swabberly1596
tartarous1602
porterly1603
lobcocked1606
lob-like1606
cluster-fisted1611
agrestic1617
inurbane1623
unelevated1627
incult1628
unbrushed1640
vulgar1643
unhewed1644
unsmooth1648
hirsute1658
loutardly1658
unhewn1659
roughsome?c1660
sordid1668
inhumanea1680
coarse1699
brutal1709
ramgunshoch1721
tramontane1740
uncouth1740
no-nationa1756
unurbane1760
turnipy1792
rudas1802
common1804
cubbish1819
clodhopping1828
vulgarian1833
cloddish1844
unkempt1846
bush1851
vulgarish1860
rodney1866
crude1876
ignorant1886
yobby1910
nekulturny1932
oikish1959
yobbish1966
ocker1972
down and dirty1977
1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 44 Ignorant, knotty, illiterate, and unhewn Sailors.
1687 M. Prior & Earl of Halifax Hind & Panther Transvers'd 16 I hate such a rough unhewen Fellow as Milton.
1702 S. Centlivre Beau's Duel iv. i. 39 I hope the World will distinguish the difference between a rough, unhewn Soldier, and a pollish'd Gentleman.
1850 J. B. Marsden Hist. Early Puritans iii. 71 Cartwright is described as unhewn and awkward.
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