wood hewer

A form of wood-hewer — One who earns a living by splitting wood.

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Meanings

nounwood hewer (plural wood hewers)

plural wood hewers

  1. alternativeAlternative form of wood-hewer.

    His head had been split with a wood hewer's axe.

    2015, Peri Elizabeth Scott, His Rebel Countess, →ISBN, page 47
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    You are aware that Hillel the Elder was a wood hewer and he used to study under Shemaiah and Avtalyon, and he was poor in the extreme of poverty.

    1972, Moses Maimonides, Isadore Twersky, A Maimonides Reader, →ISBN, page 398

    Jacob's claim to fame is dubious, not like his father Adam's, the wood hewer par excellence.

    2014, Patricia Moore, Restored To Life, →ISBN, page 161
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APA

wood hewer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wood%20hewer

MLA

“wood hewer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wood%20hewer. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wood hewer,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wood%20hewer.

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