Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for ROUGH-HEWN
ROUGH-HEWN, pp. [or adj.; ruf'-hewn.]
- Hewn coarsely without smoothing.
- Rugged; unpolished; of coarse manners; rude. A rough-hewn seaman. Bacon.
- Unpolished; not nicely finished. Howell.
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