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hewer

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HEW
abbr.
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

hew  (hy)
v. hewed, hewn (hyn) or hewed, hew·ing, hews
v.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 hawan; see kau- in Indo-European roots.]

hewer n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hewer - a person who hews
laborer, labourer, manual laborer, jack - someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
Translations
hewer
n (Min) → Hauer m


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Being but a hewer of wood and drawer of water, she is rheumatic.
No,' said Nicholas, 'and for that reason poverty should engender an honest pride, that it may not lead and tempt us to unworthy actions, and that we may preserve the self-respect which a hewer of wood and drawer of water may maintain, and does better in maintaining than a monarch in preserving his.
I, who preached contentment with a humble lot, and justified the vocation even of hewers of wood and drawers of water in God's service--I, His ordained minister, almost rave in my restlessness.
 
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