Definition for ROUGH-HEWN

ROUGH-HEWN, pp. [or adj.; ruf'-hewn.]

  1. Hewn coarsely without smoothing.
  2. Rugged; unpolished; of coarse manners; rude. A rough-hewn seaman. Bacon.
  3. Unpolished; not nicely finished. Howell.

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