Part 821

Is. li. 1.

Rather polishing old works than hewing out new.

Pope.

3. To cut in pieces; to chop; to hack.

Hew them to pieces; hack their bones asunder.

Shak.

Hew, n. Destruction by cutting down. [Obs.]

Of whom he makes such havoc and such hew.

Spenser.

Hew, n. 1. Hue; color. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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

Hewe (?), n. [Cf. Hind a peasant.] A domestic servant; a retainer. [Obs.] "False homely hewe." Chaucer.

Hew"er (?), n. One who hews.

Hew"hole` (?), n. [Cf. Hickwall.] (Zoˆl.) The European green woodpecker. See Yaffle.

Hewn (?), a. 1. Felled, cut, or shaped as with an ax; roughly squared; as, a house built of hewn logs.

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

Hex- (?), Hex"a (#). [Gr. "e`x six. See Six.] A prefix or combining form, used to denote six, sixth, etc.; as, hexatomic, hexabasic.

Hex`a*ba"sic (?), a. [Hexa- + basic.] (Chem.) Having six hydrogen atoms or six radicals capable of being replaced or saturated by bases; -- said of acids; as, mellitic acid is hexabasic.

Hex`a*cap"su*lar (?), a. [Hexa- + capsular.] (Bot.) Having six capsules or seed vessels.

Hex"a*chord (?), n. [Hexa- + Gr. &?; string, chord: cf. F. hexacorde.] (Mus.) A series of six notes, with a semitone between the third and fourth, the other intervals being whole tones.

Hex`ac"id (?), a. [Hex- + acid.] (Chem.) Having six atoms or radicals capable of being replaced by acids; hexatomic; hexavalent; -- said of bases; as, mannite is a hexacid base.

Hex*ac`ti*nel"lid (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Having six-rayed spicules; belonging to the HexactinellinÊ.

Hex*ac`ti*nel"line (?), a. [From NL. HexactinellinÊ, fr. Gr. "e`x six + a dim. of &?;, &?;, a ray.] (Zoˆl.) Belonging to the HexactinellinÊ, a group of sponges, having six-rayed siliceous spicules.

||Hex`ac*tin"i*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Hex-, and Actinia.] (Zoˆl.) The ||Anthozoa.

Hex"ad (?), n. [L. hexas, hexadis, the number six, Gr. &?;, &?;, fr. "e`x six.] (chem.) An atom whose valence is six, and which can be theoretically combined with, substituted for, or replaced by, six monad atoms or radicals; as, sulphur is a hexad in sulphuric acid. Also used as an adjective.

Hex`a*dac"tyl*ous (?), a. [Gr. &?;; "e`x six + &?; finger: cf. F. hexadactyle.] (Zoˆl.) Having six fingers or toes.

Hex"ade (?), n. [See Hexad.] A series of six numbers.

Hex"a*dec`ane (?), n. (Chem.) See Hecdecane.