ROUGH-HEWN Meaning of ROUGH-HEWN in English [rough-hewn] adj (1530) 1: being in a rough, unsmoothed, or unfinished state: crudely formed "~ beams" 2: lacking refinement "he was rather attractive, in a ~ kind of way --Jan Speas" Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012