hew
verb (used with object)
to strike forcibly with an ax, sword, or other cutting instrument; chop; hack.
hewer
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a word derived from
hew.
Example Sentences
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Alumna Charity Mumbi, who would otherwise have joined her 42 brothers and sisters as a hewer of wood, is now a Kenyan information officer.
From Time Magazine Archive
He went to Manhattan in 1911, started work under Paul Manship, also a hewer of the heroic.
From Time Magazine Archive
I was a coal hewer then, and we were terribly in love..
From Time Magazine Archive
He ceases to be a hewer of wood and a drawer of water....
From Following the Color Line an account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy by David Grayson
The man who feels himself to be best fitted to be a hewer of wood or a drawer of water will choose that rather than some loftier task.
From Socialism A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles by John Spargo
