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To hew coarsely, without smoothing; as, to roughhew timber.

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  1. v. t. To hew coarsely, without smoothing; as, to roughhew timber.
  2. v. t. To give the first form or shape to; to form rudely; to shape approximately and rudely; to roughcast.
  3. 1. To hew coarsely, without smoothing; as, to roughhew timber. 2. To give the first form or shape to; to form rudely; to shape appromaxitely and rudely; to roughcast. There's a divinity that shapes our ends, Roughhew them how we will. Shak.
  4. v. t. To hew coarsely, without smoothing; as, to roughhew timber. v. t. To give the first form or shape to; to form rudely; to shape approximately and rudely; to roughcast.