hewing

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of hew

plural hewings

1. The act of one who hews or chops.

   Hewing to this principle, I walked along the lakeshore at Bosque del Apache as the stragglers of a flock of Sandhill Cranes made their morning departure.

   2021, Peter Cavanagh, “9. Cranes”, in 100 Flying Birds: Photographing the Mechanics of Flight, →ISBN, page 218

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   Hadley [the sculptor] could afford to let his hewings be rough where the monarchical extremities were concerned, as these were to be covered by the raiment of state.

   2010, Stephen Smith, Underground London: Travels Beneath the City Streets