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Also Inflected form of hew

hewn

UK/hjuːn/ US/ˈhjun/ uncommon

adjective

1.

cut down with an ax

  • “a hewn oak”
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2.

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”
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Origin

Morphologically hew + -n.

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