unhewn in English

adjective

not fashioned by carving (often referring to stones); not cut down; not hew

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1. Doubtless, this altar was of the type later specified in the Law covenant, consisting of natural (unhewn) stones.

2. Cromlech (n.) "structure consisting of a large, flat, unhewn stone resting horizontally atop three or more upright ones," c

3. Ashlars.“The Rough Ashlar is a stone, rough and unhewn as taken from the quarry, until by industry and ingenuity of the workman, it is modeled, wrought in due form, and rendered fit for the intended structure ; this represents man in his infant or primitive state, rough and unpolished as that stone, until by the kind care and attention of his

4. Cyclopean (adj.) "of or characteristic of the legendary Cyclopes of Greek mythology," 1640s, from Latin cyclopeus, from Greek kyklopeios, from kyklopes (see cyclops).Especially in reference to having a single eye in the middle of the forehead; also "vast, gigantic," and in reference to a style of ancient masonry, irregular or unhewn, fabled to be the work of a gigantic Thracian race (1822).