hew

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hew /hjuː/

▶verb (past part. hewn or hewed)

• 1 chop or cut (wood, coal, etc.) with an axe, pick, or other tool.

  ■ make or shape by cutting or chopping a hard material.

• 2 (hew to) N. Amer. conform to.

– origin OE hēawan, of Gmc origin.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
HEW

▶abbreviation (the US Department of) Health, Education, and Welfare.