underhewv.
rare.
1. transitive. To undercut, undermine.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > hollowness > make hollow [verb (transitive)] > beneath
underhew1523
vault1524
undercut1598
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. 675 They..myned and vnder hewed the walles.
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Sottotagliare, to vnder~cut or hew.]
2. U.S. To hew (timber) in such a manner that it contains less than the proper number of cubic feet.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > build or construct with wood [verb (transitive)] > prepare, dress, or square timber
framec1330
square1412
postc1520
timber out1628
slab1703
side1754
to bring forward1823
match1833
underhew1847
to run up1863
1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing S. S. Haldeman).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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