▪ I. hued, ppl. a.
(hjuːd)
Forms: 1 (ᵹe)h{iacu}wod, 2–3 ihewed, 4–7 hewed, (5 huet), 7– hued.
[f. hue v. or n. + -ed.]
Having a hue, coloured. † In early use in a wider sense: Figured, formed, fashioned in outward appearance, including but not confined to colour; also sometimes, Falsely fashioned, feigned, simulated, apparent.
| c 1000 ælfric Hom. II. 240 Swa micel is betwux þære ᵹehiwodan anlicnysse and ðam soðan ðinge. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 25 He..bið al swa is an eppel iheoweð, he bið wið-uten feire and frakel wið-innen. ? a 1366 Chaucer Rom. Rose 213 So grene as ony leek, So yvel hewed was hir colour. c 1400 Destr. Troy 3899 Here huet on his hede as haspis of silke. c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. vii. v. 192 (Jam.) Chanownys quhyt, For swa hewyd is thare habyt. 1508 Dunbar Flyting w. Kennedie 171 Skin, hewd lyk ane saffrone bag. 1615 Markham Eng. Housew. (1660) 113 Malmseys be full Wines, pleasant, well hewed and fine. 1877 L. Morris Epic Hades ii. 228 Till all the sordid Earth Was hued like heaven. 1890 Spectator 15 Mar., What richly hued birds. |
▪ II. hued
obs. f. hewed, pa. pple. of hew.