KJV Dictionary - hew
Bible software
For a complete Bible study software package with over one million cross-references combined, try SwordSearcher: designed for believing Bible study. SwordSearcher has tens of thousands of topical and encyclopedic entries all linked to scripture, fully searchable and indexed by both topic and verse reference. Includes Webster's 1828 Dictionary, commentaries, Bible dictionaries, books, and more.
Try Daily Bible and Prayer to keep track of your prayer list, do a daily devotional from C. H. Spurgeon's Faith Checkbook, and make Bible reading plans.
HEW
HEW, v.t. pret. hewed; pp. hewed or hewn.
1. To cut with an ax, or other like instrument, for the purpose of making an even surface or side; as, to hew timber.
2. To chop; to cut; to hack; as, to hew in pieces.
3. To cut with a chisel; to make smooth; as, to hew stone.
4. To form or shape with an edged instrument; with out; as, to hew out a sepulcher. Is.22.
5. To form laboriously.
I now pass my days,not studious nor idle, rather polishing old works than hewing out new ones. Unusual.
To hew down, to cut down; to fell by cutting.
To hew off, to cut off; to separate by a cutting instrument.
Definition from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
Previous word: herself.
Next word: hewed.