Rough'-hew, v. t.

(rŭf/hū), v. t. [imp. ROUGH-HEWED; p. p. ROUGH-HEWN; p. pr. & vb. n. ROUGH-HEWING.]

1. To hew coarsely, without smoothing; as, to rough-hew timber.
2. To give the first form or shape to; to form rudely; to shape approximately and rudely.

There's a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how we will. Shak.