tohew

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Definition of tohew in English English dictionary

To cut or hack heavily; cut to pieces, chop up

To hew in pieces

Etymology

() From Middle English tohewen, from Old English tōhēawan (“to hew in pieces, chop up”), from Proto-Germanic *tō-hawwánan (“to cut to pieces”), equivalent to to- +‎ hew. Cognate with Old Frisian tehawa, Middle Low German tohouwen, Dutch tehouwen, German zerhauen (“to chop up, hack”).