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Webster 1828 Edition

Rough-hew

ROUGH-HEW

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Verb.

T.

ruf'-hew. [rough and hew.]

1.

To hew coarsely without smoothing; as, to rough-hew timber.

2.

To give the first form or shape to a thing.

There's a divinity that shapes our ends, rough-hew them how we will.