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hewn (encz) | hewn,otesaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
hewn (encz) | hewn,sekal v: Zdeněk Brož |
hewn (encz) | hewn,tesaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Hewn (gcide) | Hewn \Hewn\, a.
1. Felled, cut, or shaped as with an ax; roughly squared; as,
a house built of hewn logs.
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2. Roughly dressed as with a hammer; as, hewn stone. Hex |
Hewn (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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hewn (wn) | hewn
adj 1: cut or shaped with hard blows of a heavy cutting
instrument like an ax or chisel; "a house built of hewn
logs"; "rough-hewn stone"; "a path hewn through the
underbrush" [syn: hewn, hand-hewn] |
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hand-hewn (encz) | hand-hewn, adj: |
hewn (encz) | hewn,otesaný adj: Zdeněk Brožhewn,sekal v: Zdeněk Brožhewn,tesaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
rough-hewn (encz) | rough-hewn,nahrubo otesaný Zdeněk Brož |
roughhewn (encz) | roughhewn,nahrubo otesaný Zdeněk Brož |
unhewn (encz) | unhewn, adj: |
Roughhewn (gcide) | Roughhewn \Rough"hewn`\, a.
1. Hewn coarsely without smoothing; unfinished; not polished.
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2. Of coarse manners; rude; uncultivated; rough-grained. "A
roughhewn seaman." --Bacon.
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Seldshewn (gcide) | Seldshewn \Seld"shewn`\, a. [Seld + shown.]
Rarely shown or exhibited. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Shewn (gcide) | Shewn \Shewn\,
p. p. of Shew.
[1913 Webster]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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shewn (gcide) | Shewn \Shewn\,
p. p. of Shew.
[1913 Webster]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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Unhewn (gcide) | Unhewn \Unhewn\
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hand-hewn (wn) | hand-hewn
adj 1: cut or shaped with hard blows of a heavy cutting
instrument like an ax or chisel; "a house built of hewn
logs"; "rough-hewn stone"; "a path hewn through the
underbrush" [syn: hewn, hand-hewn] |
hewn (wn) | hewn
adj 1: cut or shaped with hard blows of a heavy cutting
instrument like an ax or chisel; "a house built of hewn
logs"; "rough-hewn stone"; "a path hewn through the
underbrush" [syn: hewn, hand-hewn] |
roughhewn (wn) | roughhewn
adj 1: of stone or timber; shaped roughly without finishing
[syn: roughhewn, rough-cut] |
unhewn (wn) | unhewn
adj 1: (of stone especially) not given a finished form by or as
if by hewing; "a house of unhewn grey stone roughly
cemented together" |
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