HEW, HEWING
NOUNS
1808 ► HAG a cutting, hewing, or felling → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
VERBS
1000 ► TO-HEW to hew to pieces → obs.
1382 ► TO-CUT to cut to pieces; to hew asunder; to cut greatly → obs.
1400 ► HAG to hew; to chop; to cut down with an axe; to hack, to cut clumsily or roughly → N. Eng. dial.
1529 ► YAW to hew; to strike with something sharp → Eng. dial.
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