Associations to the word «Hewn»

Wiktionary

HEWN, adjective. Made or crafted by cutting, whittling down.
HEWN, adjective. Of something that has been cut or mowed down.
HEWN, verb. Past participle of hew

Dictionary definition

HEWN, adjective. Cut or shaped with hard blows of a heavy cutting instrument like an ax or chisel; "a house built of hewn logs"; "rough-hewn stone"; "a path hewn through the underbrush".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke