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hewn

American  
[hyoon, yoon] / hyun, yun /

adjective

  1. felled and roughly shaped by hewing.

    hewn logs.

  2. given a rough surface.

    hewn stone.

Other Word Forms

  • unhewn adjective
  • well-hewn adjective

Etymology

Origin of hewn

1300–50; Middle English hewen, past participle of hew

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