hew

verb (past participle hewn /hjuːn/ or hewed)

• 1 [with object] chop or cut (something, especially wood or coal) with an axe, pick, or other tool: master carpenters would hew the logs with an axe he had hewn down the famous elm tree
• make or shape by cutting a hard material such as wood:a seat hewn out of a fallen tree trunk

• 2 [no object] (hew to) North American conform or adhere to:his administration would hew to high ethical standards