hew (ew as u), he we, hewen

t. [A. S. heáwan; cogn. with Dut. houwen; Dan. hugge; Sw. hugga; Icel. höggva; Ger. heuen; O. H. Ger. hou wan; Ru . kovate; Lat. cudo =to strike, to pound.] I. Literally : IMG:content-1153.png:[blocks in formation] *II. Figuratively : 2177 1. To cut down; to destroy. "Hew'd down, with an unsuspected sword, Fame, peace, and hope-and all the better life." Byron: On Hearing Lady Byron Was Ill . 2. To cut by force of arms; to force. "Look around while I securely go, And hew a pa age through the sleeping foe." Dryden: Virgil's Æneid , ix. 433. 3. To form by labor. "Nor is it so proper to hew out religious reformations by the sword." -King Charles: Eikon Basilike . *hew (ew as n) (1), s. [HEW, v.] Destruction by hewing or cutting down; a hacking. "Of whom he makes such hauocke and such hew." Spenser: F. Q., VI. viii. 49. hew-hole, s. A popular name for the Green Woodpecker, Picus virid is . *hew (ewasů) (2), s . [HUE.] 1. Hue; color. 2. Shape, appearance. "Whose semblance she did carrie under feigned hew." Spenser: F. Q., I. i. 46.