Both Uses of
hew
in
Don Quixote
- There hath he hung his arms and trenchant blade Wherewith, achieving deeds till now unseen, He slays, lays low, cleaves, hews; but art hath made A novel style for our new paladin.†
Chpt 1.51-52hews = cuts or roughly shapes
- Don Quixote merely observed him steadily, longing for him to leap from the cart and come to close quarters with him, when he hoped to hew him in pieces.†
Chpt 2.17-18 *
Definition:
cut or roughly shape as with an axe