* Hew (verb): Cut or shape with an axe or other sharp tool:
- "Go bid thy mistress, when my drink is ready, she strike upon the bell. Get thee back; stay not."
- "We coursed a brace of greyhounds in the slips, have all succeeded and did hew them, as they passed in every joint and limb."
* Hew (noun): A shape or form (archaic usage):
- "And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, the instruments of darkness tell us truths, win us with honest trifles, to betray's in deepest consequence. Cousins, I hope the holy Saint John's arm kept a secure possession with thine own; the smallest wrinkle of a thought on your great goodness should not but be strangled at its birth."
* Hew (verb): To adhere or conform to (archaic usage):
- "But in these cases we still have judgment here, that we but teach bloody instructions, which, being taught, return to plague the inventor. This even-handed justice commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice to our own lips."