English

Verb

roughhew ‎(third-person singular simple present roughhews, present participle roughhewing, simple past roughhewed, past participle roughhewed or roughhewn)

1. (transitive) To hew coarsely, without smoothing.

   to roughhew timber

2. (transitive, figuratively) To give the first form or shape to; to form rudely and approximately; to roughcast.

   There's a divinity that shapes our ends, / Roughhew them how we will. — Shakespeare.