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forhewing

forhewing is the present participle and gerund of forhew.

Meaning of forhew

Verb

forhew (third-person singular simple present forhews, present participle forhewing, simple past forhewed, past participle forhewed or forhewn)

  1. (obsolete) To cut to pieces.
    • And Beaumayns sawe hym and made hym redy / & ther they mette[…]and put their sheldes afore them / & drewe their swerdes / and gaf many grete strokes that somtyme they hurtled to gyder that they felle grouelyng on the ground Thus they fought two houres and more that their sheldes & theyr hauberkes...1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book VII

Questions about forhewing

What is forhewing the present participle and gerund of?
Forhewing is the present participle and gerund of forhew.

Words near forhewing in the dictionary

  1. forharing
  2. forheld
  3. forhele
  4. forheling
  5. forhew
  6. forhewing
  7. forhews
  8. forhill
  9. forhilled
  10. forhilling
  11. forhills

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