hewn

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But it is not perfect like the "Principia;" much of it is rough-hewn, and requires to be thoroughly worked out.

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  • It was a rough-hewn, strongly masculine face of high-bridged, hawklike nose; bushy black brows frowning above deep-set round eyes. —  Astounding Stories, February 1932
  • A rough-hewn, good-natured face, now puffed up—bulging blue eyes. —  Wonder Story Annual - 1950
  • Its face and torso are rough-hewn, like an unfinished sculpture. —  Gardner Dozois - The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection (2006)
  • He has forgotten the rock from which he was hewn, and the hole of the pit from which he was dug. —  The Quest of the Simple Life
  • The main sections of the stone that forms the walls were left rough-hewn, forming pleasing horizontal shadows, but around every door and window, it sprouts smooth columns and patterned friezes, geometric textures, a n d classical curlicued acanthus leaves. —  Isaac Asimov - Murder at the ABA
 

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