rough-hewn stone
1rough-hewn — adj rough hewn wood or stone has been cut without much care and its surface is not yet smooth …
2rough-hewn — If something, especially something made from wood or stone, is rough hewn, it is unfinished or unpolished …
3rough-hewn — ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Rough hewn wood or stone has been cut into a shape but has not yet been smoothed or finished off. It is a rough hewn carving of a cat s head …
4rough-hewn — If something, especially something made from wood or stone, is rough hewn, it is unfinished or unpolished. (Dorking School Dictionary) …
5rough-hewn — adjective rough hewn wood or stone has been roughly cut and its surface is not yet smooth …
6Rough-hewn — If something, especially something made from wood or stone, is rough hewn, it is unfinished or unpolished …
7hewn — adjective cut or shaped with hard blows of a heavy cutting instrument like an ax or chisel a house built of hewn logs rough hewn stone a path hewn through the underbrush • Syn: ↑hand hewn • Similar to: ↑cut …
8rough-hew — [ruf′hyo͞o′] vt. rough hewed, rough hewed or rough hewn, rough hewing 1. to hew (timber, stone, etc.) roughly, or without finishing or smoothing 2. to form roughly; give crude shape to: Also roughhew …
9hewn — /hyoohn/ or, often, /yoohn/, adj. 1. felled and roughly shaped by hewing: hewn logs. 2. given a rough surface: hewn stone. [1300 50; ME hewen, ptp. of HEW] * * * …
10hewn — [[t]hyun[/t]] or, often, [[t]yun[/t]] adj. 1) felled and roughly shaped by hewing: hewn logs[/ex] 2) given a rough surface: hewn stone[/ex] • Etymology: 1300–50; ME hewen, ptp. of hew …
