behew
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English behewen, from Old English behēawan (“to cut, chip, chop, beat, cut off from, deprive of”), equivalent to be- + hew.
Verb[edit]
behew (third-person singular simple present behews, present participle behewing, simple past behewed, past participle behewn)
- (transitive, obsolete) To carve; adorn; embellish.