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Hewing
(gcide) | Hew \Hew\ (h[=u]), v. t. [imp. Hewed (h[=u]d); p. p. Hewed
or Hewn (h[=u]n); p. pr. & vb. n. Hewing.] [AS.
he['a]wan; akin to D. houwen, OHG. houwan, G. hauen, Icel.
h["o]ggva, Sw. hugga, Dan. hugge, Lith. kova battle, Russ.
kovate to hammer, forge. Cf. Hay cut grass, Hoe.]
1. To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; --
often with down, or off. --Shak.
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2. To form or shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence,
to form laboriously; -- often with out; as, to hew out a
sepulcher.
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Look unto the rock whence ye are hewn. --Is. li. 1.
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Rather polishing old works than hewing out new.
--Pope.
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3. To cut in pieces; to chop; to hack.
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Hew them to pieces; hack their bones asunder.
--Shak.
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chewing
(encz) | chewing,žvýkací adj: Zdeněk Brožchewing,žvýkající adj: Zdeněk Brožchewing,žvýkání n: Zdeněk Brož |
chewing gum
(encz) | chewing gum,žvýkací guma chewing gum,žvýkačka |
chewing out
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chewing-gum
(encz) | chewing-gum,žvýkačka n: Zdeněk Brož |
bird-on-the-wing
(gcide) | bird-on-the-wing \bird-on-the-wing\ n.
a common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America
(Polygala paucifolia), having leaves like wintergreen and
usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals.
Syn: flowering wintergreen, gaywings, gay-wings, fringed
polygala.
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Chewing
(gcide) | chew \chew\ (ch[udd]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chewed (ch[udd]d);
p. pr. & vb. n. Chewing.] [As ce['o]wan, akin to D. kauwen,
G. kauen. Cf. Chaw, Jaw.]
1. To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.
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2. To ruminate mentally; to meditate on.
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He chews revenge, abjuring his offense. --Prior.
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To chew the cud, to chew the food over again, as a cow; to
ruminate; hence, to meditate.
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Every beast the parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the
cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the
beasts, that ye shall eat. --Deut. xxiv.
6.
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biting your food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to
swallow.
Syn: chew, mastication.
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chewing
(gcide) | chew \chew\ (ch[udd]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chewed (ch[udd]d);
p. pr. & vb. n. Chewing.] [As ce['o]wan, akin to D. kauwen,
G. kauen. Cf. Chaw, Jaw.]
1. To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.
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2. To ruminate mentally; to meditate on.
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He chews revenge, abjuring his offense. --Prior.
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To chew the cud, to chew the food over again, as a cow; to
ruminate; hence, to meditate.
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Every beast the parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the
cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the
beasts, that ye shall eat. --Deut. xxiv.
6.
[1913 Webster]chewing \chewing\ n.
biting your food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to
swallow.
Syn: chew, mastication.
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Eshewing
(gcide) | Eschew \Es*chew"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eshewed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Eshewing.] [OF. eschever, eschiver, eskiver, F.
esquiver, fr. OHG. sciuhen, G. scheuen; akin to E. sky. See
Shy, a.]
1. To shun; to avoid, as something wrong, or from a feeling
of distaste; to keep one's self clear of.
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They must not only eschew evil, but do good. --Bp.
Beveridge.
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2. To escape from; to avoid. [Obs.]
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He who obeys, destruction shall eschew. --Sandys.
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shewing
(gcide) | Show \Show\, v. t. [imp. Showed; p. p. Shownor Showed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Showing. It is sometimes written shew,
shewed, shewn, shewing.] [OE. schowen, shewen, schewen,
shawen, AS. sce['a]wian, to look, see, view; akin to OS.
scaw?n, OFries. skawia, D. schouwen, OHG. scouw?n, G.
schauen, Dan. skue, Sw. sk?da, Icel. sko?a, Goth. usskawjan
to waken, skuggwa a mirror, Icel. skuggy shade, shadow, L.
cavere to be on one's guard, Gr. ??? to mark, perceive, hear,
Skr. kavi wise. Cf. Caution, Scavenger, Sheen.]
1. To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to
display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and
often with an indirect object denoting the person or thing
seeing or beholding; as, to show a house; show your
colors; shopkeepers show customers goods (show goods to
customers).
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Go thy way, shew thyself to the priest. --Matt.
viii. 4.
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Nor want we skill or art from whence to raise
Magnificence; and what can heaven show more?
--Milton.
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2. To exhibit to the mental view; to tell; to disclose; to
reveal; to make known; as, to show one's designs.
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Shew them the way wherein they must walk. --Ex.
xviii. 20.
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If it please my father to do thee evil, then I will
shew it thee, and send thee away. --1 Sam. xx.
13.
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3. Specifically, to make known the way to (a person); hence,
to direct; to guide; to asher; to conduct; as, to show a
person into a parlor; to show one to the door.
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4. To make apparent or clear, as by evidence, testimony, or
reasoning; to prove; to explain; also, to manifest; to
evince; as, to show the truth of a statement; to show the
causes of an event.
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I 'll show my duty by my timely care. --Dryden.
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5. To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor.
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Shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me.
--Ex. xx. 6.
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To show forth, to manifest; to publish; to proclaim.
To show his paces, to exhibit the gait, speed, or the like;
-- said especially of a horse.
To show off, to exhibit ostentatiously.
To show up, to expose. [Colloq.]
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chewing
(wn) | chewing
n 1: biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft
enough to swallow [syn: chew, chewing, mastication,
manduction] |
chewing gum
(wn) | chewing gum
n 1: a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for
chewing [syn: chewing gum, gum] |
chewing out
(wn) | chewing out
n 1: a severe scolding [syn: castigation, earful, {bawling
out}, chewing out, upbraiding, going-over, {dressing
down}] |
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