Word Moment: Hew
hew // (hy
)
v. hewed, hewn (hyn) or hewed, hew·ing, hews
n) or hewed, hew·ing, hewsv.tr.
1. To make or shape with or as if with an ax: hew a path through the underbrush.
2. To cut down with an ax; fell: hew an oak.
3. To strike or cut; cleave.
v.intr.
1. To cut something by repeated blows, as of an ax.
2. To adhere or conform strictly; hold: hew to the line.
[Middle English hewen, from Old English h
awan; see kau- in Indo-European roots.]
awan; see kau- in Indo-European roots.]hew
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Purposeless Intent 
September 13, 2009 at 1:36 pm
I can’t believe this coincidence. I was in Southern Mexico playing Scrabble a couple weeks ago and there was a huge controversy when someone tried to throw out the word “hewn”.