Hew vs. Whittle

Hewverb

(ambitransitive) To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down.

Whittlenoun

A knife; especially, a pocket knife, sheath knife, or clasp knife.

Hewverb

(transitive) To shape; to form.

‘One of the most widely used typefaces in the world was hewn by the English printer and typographer John Baskerville.’; ‘to hew out a sepulchre’;

Whittlenoun

(archaic) A coarse greyish double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl.

Hewverb

To act according to, to conform to; usually construed with to.

Whittlenoun

(archaic) A whittle shawl; a kind of fine woollen shawl, originally and especially a white one.

Hewverb

To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; - often with down, or off.

Whittleverb

To cut or shape wood with a knife.

Hewverb

To form or shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence, to form laboriously; - often with out; as, to hew out a sepulcher.

‘Look unto the rock whence ye are hewn.’; ‘Rather polishing old works than hewing out new.’;

Whittleverb

(transitive) To reduce or gradually eliminate something (such as a debt).

Hewverb

To cut in pieces; to chop; to hack.

‘Hew them to pieces; hack their bones asunder.’;

Whittleverb

To make eager or excited; to excite with liquor; to inebriate.

Hewnoun

Destruction by cutting down.

‘Of whom he makes such havoc and such hew.’;

Whittlenoun

A grayish, coarse double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl.

Hewnoun

Hue; color.

Whittlenoun

A knife; esp., a pocket, sheath, or clasp knife.

‘He wore a Sheffield whittle in his hose.’;

Hewnoun

Shape; form.

Whittleverb

To pare or cut off the surface of with a small knife; to cut or shape, as a piece of wood held in the hand, with a clasp knife or pocketknife.

Hewverb

make or shape as with an axe;

‘hew out a path in the rock’;

Whittleverb

To edge; to sharpen; to render eager or excited; esp., to excite with liquor; to inebriate.

‘"In vino veritas." When men are well whittled, their tongues run at random.’;

Hewverb

strike with an axe; cut down, strike;

‘hew an oak’;

Whittleverb

To cut or shape a piece of wood with am small knife; to cut up a piece of wood with a knife.

‘Dexterity with a pocketknife is a part of a Nantucket education; but I am inclined to think the propensity is national. Americans must and will whittle.’;

Hew

Hew is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: Hew Ainslie (1792–1878), Scottish poet Hew Dalrymple, Lord North Berwick (1652–1737), Scottish judge and politician Sir Hew Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet (1712-1790), Scottish politician, grandson of the above Hew Dalrymple (advocate) (c.

Whittleverb

cut small bits or pare shavings from;

‘whittle a piece of wood’;