hewing
Chopping with blades
Hewing is the act of chopping or cutting with heavy blows, typically using an axe or similar tool: hewing timber, hewing logs into beams.
The word extends to carving or shaping stone or wood.
Figuratively, to hew to something is to conform or adhere closely: hewing to tradition, hewing to the party line.
Bladed tool for chopping
- broadaxeWide-bladed timber tool
- adzeTransverse-bladed hewing implement
- beamStructural support member
- logSectioned tree trunk
lumberjack · axeman · felling · notch · kerf · sawyer · woodcutter · timberland
Strenuous, prolonged effort
- sweatMoisture from skin pores
- effortApplied energy toward goals
- exertionVigorous physical effort
- muscleContractile body tissue
straining · physical · chopping · endurance · fatigue · calluses · blistered · backbreaking
Edged carving implement
- gougeConcave carving blade
- malletSoft-headed striking tool
- woodblockCarved printing matrix
- whittleCarve by shaving layers
incise · relief · bas-relief · intaglio · engrave · etch · frieze · cameo
Carved slot for joining
- tenonProjecting joint piece
- dovetailJoin by interlocking parts
- beamStructural support member
- jointShared by multiple parties
timber-frame · post-and-beam · scarf · lap · notch · peg · treenail · handcrafted
Pit for extracting rock
- chiselEdged carving implement
- graniteIgneous rock, quartz-rich
- marbleRecrystallized limestone rock
- limestoneCarbonate sedimentary rock
sandstone · ashlar · rubble · mason · stonecutter · block · slab · monument
Early explorer or settler
- settlerOne who colonizes territory
- colonialOf occupied territories
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
handwork · restoration · vernacular · antique · frontier · bushcraft · self-reliance · woodland
axe
Bladed tool for chopping
log · lumberjack · axeman · felling · notch · kerf · sawyer · woodcutter · timberland · forest
toil
Strenuous, prolonged effort
muscle · straining · physical · chopping · endurance · fatigue · calluses · blistered · backbreaking · grueling
chisel
Edged carving implement
whittle · incise · relief · bas-relief · intaglio · engrave · etch · frieze · cameo · rosette
mortise
Carved slot for joining
joint · timber-frame · post-and-beam · scarf · lap · notch · peg · treenail · handcrafted · cabinetmaking
quarry
Pit for extracting rock
limestone · sandstone · ashlar · rubble · mason · stonecutter · block · slab · monument · cobblestone
pioneer
Early explorer or settler
homestead · handwork · restoration · vernacular · antique · frontier · bushcraft · self-reliance · woodland · rustic
- lumberjackinglumberjack, logger, chainsaw, axe, felling
- historic buildingtimber framing, log cabin, log cabins, masonry, half-timbering
- green woodworkingbodger, drawknife, greenwood, cleaving, riving
- wood cutscrosscut, rip cut, miter cut, bevel cut, dado