v.
A past participle of hew.
hewn
Dictionary:
hewn (hyūn)  |
| Architecture: hewn |
1. Roughly dressed, as stone shaped with mallet and chisel.
2. Roughly shaped with an ax, as hewn logs.
| WordNet: hewn |
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The adjective has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
cut down with an ax
Meaning #2:
cut or shaped with hard blows of a heavy cutting instrument like an ax or chisel
Synonym: hand-hewn
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 | hew stone |
| slab house |
| ashlar (in archaeology) |
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| Architecture. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Read more |
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