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Webster 1913 Edition


Roughhew

Rough′hewˊ

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To hew coarsely, without smoothing;
as, to
roughhew
timber
.
2.
To give the first form or shape to; to form rudely; to shape approximately and rudely; to roughcast.
There’s a divinity that shapes our ends,
Roughhew
them how we will.
Shakespeare