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Meanings of hew out in English

Catalan
destralejar

Make or shape as with an axe.

destralejar
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Examples for "hew"
Examples for "hew"
1
Ye choose castles in the plains and hew the mountains into dwellings.
Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side
2
The astounded brothers were dragged away to hack and hew and carry.
Peter Pan
3
Every man was expected to hew out fifty snaths in a day.
Seven Wives and Seven Prisons / Or, Experiences in the Life of a...
4
Release us, Nasuada, and let us hew a few necks for you!
Brisingr
5
He will hew a path, or make others hew it for him.
The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt of fifty years ago - Vo...
Usage of hew out in English
1
Every man was expected to hew out fifty snaths in a day.
Seven Wives and Seven Prisons / Or, Experiences in the Life of a...
2
The quarry is deep, the tools too weak to hew out the stones.
The Confession of a Child of the Century — Volume 1
3
Here they settled, to hew out for themselves a second home in the wilderness.
Canada: the Empire of the North / Being the Romantic Story of th...
4
We forsake the fountain of living water, and hew out to ourselves clumsy cisterns.
Mushrooms on the Moor
5
He could hew out a career that would honor her.
The Seventh Noon
6
Though ye hew out dwellings in the mountain, being skilful?
Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side
7
And, insolent that ye are, will ye hew out your dwellings in the mountains?
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)
8
And they used to hew out dwellings from the hills, (wherein they dwelt) secure.
Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side
9
Farewell to thee, Norman; sharpen thy swords, hew out thy vessels, and goad thy slow barons.
Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 11
10
He set to work to hew out
The Field of Ice / Part II of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras
11
Suppose a passage first cut; then they hew out chambers on either side, each about twelve feet wide.
Taking Tales: Instructive and Entertaining Reading
12
We shall not be obliged to hew out our material with broadaxes, nor blast it out with dynamite.
Among the Forces
13
You haven't pluck to take your fate into your own hands and hew out a way for yourself.
The Top of the World
14
If Joseph wished, therefore, to rise among his fellows, he must hew out his own path to greatness.
The War Chief of the Six Nations: A Chronicle of Joseph Brant
15
But thoughtest thou that I should pander to thy lust, and hew out a pathway to thy desire?
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1
16
With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope.
Ebony
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