rough-hew
or rough·hew
to hew (timber, stone, etc.) roughly or without smoothing or finishing.
to shape roughly; give crude form to.
Origin of rough-hew
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How to use rough-hew in a sentence
True it is, as the great bard expresses it, that "there's a divinity that shapes our ends, rough-hew them as we will."
A Dreadful Temptation | Mrs. Alex. McVeigh MillerIt may be, then, that to all living beings there is a Destiny "that shapes our ends, rough hew them as we will."
Palmistry for All | CheiroYou know your Shakespeare, John, and he says most truly: 'There's a divinity that shapes our ends, rough-hew them how we will.'
To Mars via The Moon | Mark WicksAssuredly there is a Providence that shapes our ends, rough hew them how we will.
Australia Twice Traversed, The Romance of Exploration | Ernest GilesThere is a destiny that shapes our ends, rough hew them though we may.
Hour of Enchantment | Roy J. Snell
British Dictionary definitions for rough-hew
to cut or hew (timber, stone, etc) roughly without finishing the surface
Also: roughcast to shape roughly or crudely
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