make or shape as with an axe
"hew out a path in the rock"
strike with an axe cut down, strike
"hew an oak"
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hew
Hew the block off, and get out the man. [ Pope ]
There's a Divinity that shapes our ends.
Rough-hew them as we will. [ William Shakespeare ]
Scarce can I speak, my choler is so great.
Oh! I could hew up rocks, and fight with flint. [ William Shakespeare ]
Neither hew down the whole forest, nor come home without wood. [ Serv. Proverb ]
There is a divinity that shapes our ends, rough-hew them how we will. [ William Shakespeare ]
To endeavour to work upon the vulgar with fine sense is like attempting to hew blocks with a razor. [ Pope ]
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