01 v. t. To hew coarsely, without smoothing; as, to roughhew timber.
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To hew coarsely, without smoothing; as, to roughhew timber.
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To give the first form or shape to; to form rudely; to shape approximately and rudely; to roughcast.“There's a divinity that shapes our ends, Roughhew them how we will.” — Shak.