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rough-hewn

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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.
Translations
rough-hewn [ˈrʌfˈhjuːn] ADJ → toscamente labrado (fig) → tosco, inculto
rough-hewn [ˌrʌfˈhjuːn] adj (stone) → sgrossato/a
rough-hewn [ˌrʌfˈhjuːn] adj (stone) → sgrossato/a


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And yet these sculptured blocks are trifles in size compared with the rough-hewn blocks that form the wide verandah or platform which surrounds the Great Temple.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
In a hall, the height of which was greatly disproportioned to its extreme length and width, a long oaken table, formed of planks rough-hewn from the forest, and which had scarcely received any polish, stood ready prepared for the evening meal of Cedric the Saxon.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
He had translated them quite simply, not without skill, and he had found words which at all events suggested the rough-hewn grandeur of the original.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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