ROUGH-HEWN, participle passive or a ruf'-hewn. 1. Hewn coarsely without smoothing. 2. Rugged; unpolished; of coarse manners; rude. A rough-hewn seaman. 3. Unpolished; not nicely finished.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI