Rough-hew

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To cut or shape something roughly without finishing or tidying the surface.

    "Our indiscretion sometimes serues vs well, / When our deare plots do paule, and that should teach vs, / There's a Diuinity that shapes our ends, / Rough-hew them how we will."

  2. 2
    hew roughly, without finishing the surface wordnet

Synonyms

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roughcast

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"Our indiscretion sometimes serues vs well, / When our deare plots do paule, and that should teach vs, / There's a Diuinity that shapes our ends, / Rough-hew them how we will."

Etymology

From rough + hew.

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