hewer (ew as u)

[Eng. hew, v.; -er.] One who hews. "And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the Lord." -Joshua іх. 27. hexane differs in having three equal lateral axes instead of two. The vertical is at right angles to the lateral one. The symmetry of the crystals is by sixes and twelves. The cleavage of biotite, apatite, tourmaline, calc spar, nepheline, and, when it can be effected, quartz, is on the hexagonal system. ( Dana & Rutley.) hex-ag-on-al-ly, adv. [Eng. hexagonal; -ly.] In the form of a hexagon; like a hexagon.