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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 roughhew
 (vt.)粗鑿

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Rough·hew v. t.
 1. To hew coarsely, without smoothing; as, to roughhew timber.
 2. 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.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 rough-hew
      v : hew roughly, without finishing the surface; "rough-hew stone
          or timber" [syn: roughcast]
      [also: rough-hewn]