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.
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Rough-hew
Synonyms for "rough-hew" (1 found)
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Verb(1 words)
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Translations
4 translations across 2 languages.
French
1 entries- dégrossir verb (cut or shape something roughly)
Italian
3 entries- sbozzare verb (cut or shape something roughly)
- sgrezzare verb (cut or shape something roughly)
- sgrossare verb (cut or shape something roughly)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
It seems to me, then, that one must either be a ‘marinist’ […], or be a sub-äerialist, and believe that in Pre-Permian times the sea rough-hewed a block of country which the atmosphere has ever since been carving into its now complex and beautiful form.
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Its erosion is a constant process of alternate rough hewing and planing.
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