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Definition of Hewer
1. Noun. A person who hews.
Definition of Hewer
1. n. One who hews.
Definition of Hewer
1. Noun. One who hews (especially one who chops wood with an axe). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hewer
1. one that hews [n -S] - See also: hews
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hewer
Literary usage of Hewer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S.: Secretary to the by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1855)
"... and charged my wife and W. hewer never to leave the room without one of them
in it, night or day. So back again, by the way seeing my goods well in the ..."
2. The Jurist by Great Britain Courts (1865)
"Accordingly, at a court held on the 16th April, 1829, "William hewer, on payment
of 181. to the lord, took, by the grant of the lord, the reversion of the ..."
3. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1900)
"Rough hewer then proceeded to illustrate his meaning by a fable. " Friend," said
the fox, " I desire you by no means to disturb these honest blood-suckers ..."
4. The Life, Journals, and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, Esq., F.R.S by Samuel [collections] Pepys, J Smith (1841)
"In 1685 Mr. hewer was chosen MP for Yarmouth, ... William hewer, by «ill, dated
Sept 9, 1715, gave to the company of Clothworkers Inn/, for the use of their ..."
5. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, Esq., F. R. S.,from His Ms. Cypher by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke, Mynors Bright (1884)
"Mr hewer — Having, by a former letter from Berwick, owned and thanked for yours
by my Lady Peterborough, this comes to do the like for another of the I3th ..."
6. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1891)
"LANGTON hewer. 8vo, pp. 136. Bristol: John Wright and Co. 1891. ... We are much
pleased with the style and arrangement adopted by Mrs. hewer. ..."
7. Argentine Ornithology: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Birds of the Argentine by Philip Lutley Sclater, William Henry Hudson (1888)
"White obtained examples of this large Wood-hewer in Misiones. ... This large aud
powerful Wood-hewer is confined to the hottest portion of the Argentine ..."
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