noun hue; color.
2. hew ·noun shape; form.
3. hew ·noun destruction by cutting down.
4. hew ·vt to cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument;
often with down, or off.
5. hew ·vt to cut in pieces; to chop; to hack.
6. hew ·vt to form or shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence, to form laboriously;
often with out; as, to hew out a sepulcher.