/ hjuː; NAmE / verb ( hewed , hewed or hewn / hjuːn; NAmE /) [ vn ]
1.
( old-fashioned ) to cut sth large with a tool :
to hew wood
2.
( formal ) to make or shape sth large by cutting :
roughly hewn timber frames
The statues were hewn out of solid rock.
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English hēawan , of Germanic origin; related to Dutch houwen and German hauen .