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rough-hew

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rough-hew (rfhy)
tr.v. rough-hewed, rough-hewed or rough-hewn (-hyn), rough-hew·ing, rough-hews
1. To hew or shape (timber, for example) roughly, without finishing.
2. To make in rough form.

rough-hew
vb -hews, -hewing, -hewed, -hewed, -hewn (tr)
1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) to cut or hew (timber, stone, etc.) roughly without finishing the surface
2. Also roughcast to shape roughly or crudely
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Verb1.rough-hew - hew roughly, without finishing the surface; "rough-hew stone or timber"
hew, hew out - make or shape as with an axe; "hew out a path in the rock"


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