Crossword clues for hewing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hew \Hew\ (h[=u]), v. t. [imp. Hewed (h[=u]d); p. p. Hewed or Hewn (h[=u]n); p. pr. & vb. n. Hewing.] [AS. he['a]wan; akin to D. houwen, OHG. houwan, G. hauen, Icel. h["o]ggva, Sw. hugga, Dan. hugge, Lith. kova battle, Russ. kovate to hammer, forge. Cf. Hay cut grass, Hoe.]
To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; -- often with down, or off.
--Shak.-
To form or shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence, to form laboriously; -- often with out; as, to hew out a sepulcher.
Look unto the rock whence ye are hewn.
--Is. li. 1.Rather polishing old works than hewing out new.
--Pope. -
To cut in pieces; to chop; to hack.
Hew them to pieces; hack their bones asunder.
--Shak.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of hew English)
Wikipedia
In woodworking hewing is the process of converting a log from its rounded natural form into lumber (timber) with more or less flat surfaces using primarily an axe. It is an ancient method still used occasionally to square up beams for timber framing.
Usage examples of "hewing".
Skafloc and Goltan led the way shield by shield, hewing over the rims.
His sword screamed and crashed, hewing enemies as a woodman hews saplings, a blur of blue flame in the night.
An elf fell to his axe, he twisted the edge loose and struck at another, smashed the face of a third with its beakhewing, hewing, he waded into battle.
At times, when the force ahead stemmed it for a moment and the force behind continued to push on, it rose in the center until horses were lifted from the ground, and then those behind sought to climb over the backs of those in front, until the latter were borne to earth and the others passed over their struggling forms, or the obstacle before gave way and the flood smoothed out and passed along again between the flashing banks of Julian blades, hewing, ever hewing, at the surging Kalkar stream.
Yet they stood firm against the armored horsemen, their axes working methodically, as if they were hewing timber rather than men.
The Namdaleni drove deep into the ranks of their opponents, thrusting Makurani from the saddle, overbearing their horses, and hewing them down with great, sweeping swordstrokes.
So following her, your hewing may attain The right to speak unto the mute, and shun That sly temptation of the illumined brain, Deliveries oracular, self-spun.
The crossbows became useless at close hand and soldiers fought with short-swords or daggers, while the knights laid about with their great two-handed swords, hacking and hewing until the sheer press of Glismak bodies toppled them.
Ingryl, but that great warsword flashed perilously close to the diving wizard as Hawkril reeled back from hewing down a Melted, and swung his steel around in a great arc to hurl himself forward into another.
Hawkril shouted back, hewing an armaragor to the ground and springing back before the man could trip him-and other blades reach in to stab him from several sides.
Sometimes they came so close to the wall that they were hewing at the gate with their war-axes and thrusting their spears through the loopholes.
From assisting the carpenter in hewing the rafters, to advising the masons in laying a keystone, or with his own hands mixing the mortar and tamping the earth to give firm foundation to the cement floor, he was the directing spirit.
Once in the heart of the fray they fought with sword and mace, hacking, hewing, and smiting.
Some hand-to-hand combat took place, the combatants hewing at each other with sword and ax, but generally the opposition was feeble.
Harper smiles as we rush to certain death, hewing and slaying with the best of them!