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ROUGH-HEW (rough-hewn)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rough-hew mean? 

ROUGH-HEW (verb)
  The verb ROUGH-HEW has 1 sense:

1. hew roughly, without finishing the surfaceplay

  Familiarity information: ROUGH-HEW used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ROUGH-HEW (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Hew roughly, without finishing the surface

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

rough-hew; roughcast

Context example:

rough-hew stone or timber

Hypernyms (to "rough-hew" is one way to...):

hew; hew out (make or shape as with an axe)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


 Context examples 


He pointed as he spoke to a huge rough-hewn block which lay by the roadside, deep sunken from its own weight in the reddish earth.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The low ceiling, smoke-blackened and dingy, was pierced by several square trap-doors with rough-hewn ladders leading up to them.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Black was the mouth of Twynham Castle, though a pair of torches burning at the further end of the gateway cast a red glare over the outer bailey, and sent a dim, ruddy flicker through the rough-hewn arch, rising and falling with fitful brightness.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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