hewed

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Hewed from slabs left over from the 1930s construction of the nation’s high court and handed out in its magnificent Great Hall, they are a unique status symbol in a town that craves them.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2022

Hewed between two mountain ranges, the valley extends some six miles along a tributary of the Awali river.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2021

Hewed from an enchanted block of wood by the lonely old widower Geppetto, our Pinocchio is a creature of unedited appetite and zero empathy.

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2018

The axes of the Northmen bold A door into the huge ships' hold Hewed through her high and curved side, As snug beneath her bulge they ride.

From Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

Hewed out hauens on euery strond, enlarged crieques, opened rodes, and digged out herborowes, where their shippes mighte ride saulfe fro the storme.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 06 Madiera, the Canaries, Ancient Asia, Africa, etc. by Hakluyt, Richard