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Definition of Rough-hew
1. Verb. Hew roughly, without finishing the surface. "Rough-hew stone or timber"
Definition of Rough-hew
1. Verb. To cut or shape something roughly without finishing or tidying the surface. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rough-hew
Literary usage of Rough-hew
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Dakota Territory by George Washington Kingsbury, George Martin Smith (1915)
"Yes, my comrades, there is a Providence which shapes our ends, rough hew them as
we may, and fortunate was it for us and all mankind that two such men as ..."
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