n. [ F. acajou, for cajou, prob. from Malay kāyu tree; cf. Pg. acaju, cf. Acajou. ] 1. (Bot.) A tree (Anacardium occidentale) of the same family which the sumac. It is native in tropical America, but is now naturalized in all tropical countries. Its fruit, a kidney-shaped nut, grows at the extremity of an edible, pear-shaped hypocarp, about three inches long. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. the cashew nut. [ PJC ]

Cashew nut, the large, kidney-shaped fruit of the cashew, which is edible after the caustic oil has been expelled from the shell by roasting the nut. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To perform the action of biting and grinding with the teeth; to ruminate; to meditate. [ 1913 Webster ]

old politicians chew wisdom past. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which is chewed; that which is held in the mouth at once; a cud. [ Law ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Chewed p. pr. & vb. n. Chewing. ] [ As ceówan, akin to D. kauwen, G. kauen. Cf. Chaw, Jaw. ] 1. To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To ruminate mentally; to meditate on. [ 1913 Webster ]

He chews revenge, abjuring his offense. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

To chew the cud, to chew the food over again, as a cow; to ruminate; hence, to meditate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every beast the parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat. Deut. xxiv. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. easy to cut or chew.
Syn. -- cuttable. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who chews. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of meat pie. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. biting your food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow.
Syn. -- chew, mastication. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) An american bird (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) of the Finch family, so called from its note; -- called also rufous-sided towhee, towhee, towhee bunting and ground robin. [ Also spelled cheewink. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a witty satiric verse containing two rhymed couplets and mentioning a famous person. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool) The galeated curassow. See Curassow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Eshewed p. pr. & vb. n. Eshewing. ] [ OF. eschever, eschiver, eskiver, F. esquiver, fr. OHG. sciuhen, G. scheuen; akin to E. sky. See Shy, a. ] 1. To shun; to avoid, as something wrong, or from a feeling of distaste; to keep one's self clear of. [ 1913 Webster ]

They must not only eschew evil, but do good. Bp. Beveridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To escape from; to avoid. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He who obeys, destruction shall eschew. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who eschews. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of eschewing. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Cf. OF. fisseau, fissel, OD. fisse, visse, vitsche, D. vies nasty, loathsome, E. fizz. ] (Zool.) The European polecat (Putorius fœtidus). See Polecat. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To hew or cut in front. [ Obs. ] Sackville. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Foreshow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The grandson of one's brother or sister. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a son of a niece or nephew.
Syn. -- grandnephew. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. Hewed p. p. Hewed or Hewn p. pr. & vb. n. Hewing. ] [ AS. heáwan; akin to D. houwen, OHG. houwan, G. hauen, Icel. höggva, Sw. hugga, Dan. hugge, Lith. kova battle, Russ. kovate to hammer, forge. Cf. Hay cut grass, Hoe. ] 1. To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; -- often with down, or off. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To form or shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence, to form laboriously; -- often with out; as, to hew out a sepulcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

Look unto the rock whence ye are hewn. Is. li. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rather polishing old works than hewing out new. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To cut in pieces; to chop; to hack. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hew them to pieces; hack their bones asunder. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Destruction by cutting down. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Of whom he makes such havoc and such hew. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Hue; color. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Shape; form. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Hind a peasant. ] A domestic servant; a retainer. [ Obs. ] “False homely hewe.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who hews. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Hickwall. ] (Zool.) The European green woodpecker. See Yaffle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Felled, cut, or shaped as with an ax; roughly squared; as, a house built of hewn logs. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Roughly dressed as with a hammer; as, hewn stone.

prop. n. Saint Matthew, a disciple of Jesus; author of the first Gospel.
Syn. -- Saint Matthew, St. Matthew, Saint Matthew the Apostle, Levi. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. morpheé, LL. morphea; cf. It. morfea. ] A scurfy eruption. [ Obs. ] Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cover with a morphew. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) See Navew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. neveu, nevou, nevu, fr. F. neveu, OF. also, nevou, L. nepos; akin to AS. nefa, D. neef, G. neffe, OHG. nevo, Icel. nefi a kinsman, Gr. ne`podes, pl., brood, young, Skr. nepāt grandson, descendant. √262. Cf. Niece, Nepotism. ] 1. A grandson or grandchild, or remoter lineal descendant. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

But if any widow have children or nephews [ Rev. Ver. grandchildren ]. 1 Tim. v. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

If naturalists say true that nephews are often liker to their grandfathers than to their fathers. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A cousin. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The son of a brother or a sister, or of a brother-in-law or sister-in-law. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To hew coarsely, without smoothing; as, to roughhew timber. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give the first form or shape to; to form rudely; to shape approximately and rudely; to roughcast. [ 1913 Webster ]

There's a divinity that shapes our ends,
Roughhew them how we will. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who roughhews. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Hewn coarsely without smoothing; unfinished; not polished. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of coarse manners; rude; uncultivated; rough-grained. “A roughhewn seaman.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Wilson's thrush; -- so called from its note. [ Local, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Seld + shown. ] Rarely shown or exhibited. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. See Show. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Show. [ Obs. except in shewbread. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

See Showbread. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A scarecrow. [ Obs. ] Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who shews. See Shower. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. of Shew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Chiefly used in the plural Thews ] [ OE. thew, þeau, manner, habit, strength, AS. þeáw manner, habit (cf. þ&ymacr_;wan to drive); akin to OS. thau custom, habit, OHG. dou. √56. ] 1. Manner; custom; habit; form of behavior; qualities of mind; disposition; specifically, good qualities; virtues. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

For her great light
Of sapience, and for her thews clear. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Evil speeches destroy good thews. Wyclif (1 Cor. xv. 33). [ 1913 Webster ]

To be upbrought in gentle thews and martial might. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Muscle or strength; nerve; brawn; sinew. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

And I myself, who sat apart
And watched them, waxed in every limb;
I felt the thews of Anakim,
The pules of a Titan's heart. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Furnished with thews or muscles; as, a well-thewed limb. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Accustomed; mannered. [ Obs. ] John Skelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Yet would not seem so rude and thewed ill. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having strong or large thews or muscles; muscular; sinewy; strong. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. to- + hew. ] To hew in pieces. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To hew less than is usual or proper; specifically, to hew, as a piece of timber which should be square, in such a manner that it appears to contain a greater number of cubic feet than it really does contain. Haldeman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & interj. A sound like a half-formed whistle, expressing astonishment, scorn, or dislike. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whew duck, the European widgeon. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To whistle with a shrill pipe, like a plover. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So named after Prof. Whewell of Cambridge, England. ] (Min.) Calcium oxalate, occurring in colorless or white monoclinic crystals. [ 1913 Webster ]