Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for ROUGH-HEW
ROUGH-HEW, v.t. [ruf'-hew. rough and hew.]
- To hew coarsely without smoothing; as, to rough-hew timber.
- To give the first form or shape to a thing. There's a divinity that shapes our ends, / Rough-hew them how we will. Shak.
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