Editing Hewing (section)

==Definitions==
''Hew'' is a general term meaning to strike or blow with a tool such as an axe or sword; to chop or gash, and is used in warfare, stone and woodcutting, and coal and salt mining in this sense.<ref>"Hew v." def. 2. ''Oxford English Dictionary'', 2nd ed. 2009.</ref><ref>Wright, Joseph. "Hew" ''The English dialect dictionary, being the complete vocabulary of all dialect words still in use, or known to have been in use during the last two hundred years'';. London etc.: H. Frowde;, 18981905. Print.</ref> Hewing wood is to shape the wood with a sharp instrument such as an axe,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hewing |title=Hew &#124; Definition of hew by Merriam-Webster |publisher=Merriam-webster.com |access-date=2015-10-15}}</ref> specifically flattening one or more sides of a log.