hewn, ppl. a.
(hjuːn)
[pa. pple. of hew v.]
1. Fashioned by hewing with a chisel, axe, or other tool; made by or resulting from hewing.
| 13.. Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 789 Harde hewen ston. 1600 J. Pory tr. Leo's Africa ii. 168 Made of smoothe and hewen stones. 1713 Berkeley Guardian No. 70 ¶2 Small inequalities in the surface of the hewn stone. 1854 Ronalds & Richardson Chem. Technol. (ed. 2) I. 63 The hewn logs are arranged with their sharp edges towards the stake. a 1856 H. Miller Cruise Betsey x. (1858) 165 Having seen similar markings on the hewn-work of ancient castles. 1864 Pusey Lect. Daniel viii. 485 From the hewn stump, which has vitality, a strong tree will shoot forth. 1869 ‘Mark Twain’ Innoc. Abr. xix. 196 A massive hewn-stone affair. |
2. Excavated or hollowed out by hewing.
| 1382 Wyclif Luke xxiii. 53 He..puttide him in a graue hewun. 1526 Tindale Ibid., He..layed it in an heawen toumbe. |