Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To carve; adorn; embellish.
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- verb transitive, obsolete To
carve ;adorn ;embellish .
Etymologies
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From Middle English behewen, from Old English behēawan ("to cut, chip, chop, beat, cut off from, deprive of"), equivalent to be- + hew.
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