Read the sentence from “The Sunken Treasure” by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Tired of tending sheep, he next apprenticed himself to a ship-carpenter, and spent about four years in hewing the crooked limbs of oak-trees into knees for vessels.

Read the dictionary entry.

hew (hyoo) v. 1. to make or shape with or as if with an ax 2. to cut down with an ax; fell 3. to strike or cut; cleave 4. to cut something with repeated blows, as of an ax

Which definition most closely matches the meaning of the word hew as it is used in the sentence?

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Multiple ! in this excerpt from act i, scene vi, of macbeth, duncan praises the atmosphere in the castle and the hospitality of his hostess. identify two reasons that these comments are ironic. duncan: this castle hath a pleasant seat: the air nimbly and sweetly recommends itself unto our gentle sense. . . (enter lady macbeth.) duncan: see, see, our honour'd hostess! — the love that follows us sometime is our trouble, which still we as love. herein i teach you how you shall bid god ild us for your pains, and us for your trouble. he will meet his death in the castle, which he considers a pleasant place. his praise for inverness and his hostess, lady macbeth, is deceptive. duncan secretly plans to give macbeth's title to donalbain. the hostess he praises is actually plotting his murder.

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Which is it? the desert is than the mountains? 1. drier 2. more dry