hewableadj.
/ˈhjuːəb(ə)l/ rare.
Capable of being hewn.
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1863 A. C. Ramsay Physical Geol. & Geogr. Great Brit. 139 Building stones..of a hewable kind.
1863 A. C. Ramsay Physical Geol. & Geogr. Great Brit. (1878) iv. 46 Quartz-rock, which is no longer hewable, like ordinary sandstone.
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