unhewn

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The first 412 Cornellians were scrambling around the unhewn Ithaca campus in the autumn of 1868.

From Time Magazine Archive

Unjebanenjebet combed the showrooms of the local coffin makers, but found no coffin or unhewn block big enough for him.

From Time Magazine Archive

The tombstone is unhewn millstone grit, covered with a limestone slab, whereon a heraldic shield was once traceable, supposed to indicate the ownership of the Whartons.

From Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland by Scott, Daniel

Life lies before us like the unhewn block of marble, and we may fashion it as we please.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II by Dods, Marcus

The exterior is composed of unhewn logs or sticks of fir, fantastically arranged, with a thatched, moss-covered roof, and skins of beasts converted into semi-transparent parchment for windows.

From The Portland Sketch Book by Various