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Re: "hewed to"

From:Roger Mills <rfmilly@...>
Date:Thursday, March 17, 2005, 19:15
David G. Durand wrote:

> This seemed completely ordinary to me, and less archaic and unusual > than "cleave to" which I would never say, whereas I would use "hew > to".
As I said, it sounded vaguely OK to me, too; I probably wouldn't use it, however, neither in speech nor writing.
> > A quick google search shows entries in Encarta as well as the American > Heritage Dictionary.
A relatively new usage??
> > I don't have the OED handy, but I don't think it's a new usage. >
FWIW, not in my Shorter OED (3rd ed. "reprinted with corrections 1965")