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Hewit, adj. Also: hewitt, -yt; hewyd, hewed, hewd; heuid, heud; howit. [ME. huet, hewed (Chaucer), early iheowed, OE. ᵹehíwod.]

1. Having naturally a certain hue, colour, or complexion. 1375 Barb. viii. 230.
Thair … hors hewit on seir maneris c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 171.
Thy skolderit skin, hewd [M. hewit] lyk ane saffrone bag Id. Tua Mar. W. ii.
Under ane holyn hewinlie grein hewit 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. i. 337.
Hir hair as gold or topasis was hewit 1531 Bell. Boece I. xl.
The scheip … ar yallo; thair teeth ar hewit like gold 1584 Sat. P. xlv. 1092.
This is not blude, thocht it be hewit, But Burdeous wyne that he hes spewit

b. With defining adj. or noun. ?1438 Alex. ii. 9252.
Mony a persone ill hewit and pale Ib. 10518.
Euill hewit, pale, werie and weit 1456 Hay II. 139/2.
Evill wateris ar … evill hewit 1513 Doug. vi. iii. 97.
With saffron hewit frute Ib. xii. Prol. 112.
Sum hevynly culloryt, … Sum watry hewit 1568 Edinb. Test. I. a. 152.
Ane hors pyet howit a1605 Montg. Sonn. xxiv. 2.
Ane ill heud huirsone, lyk a barkit hyde

2. Made of a special colour or mixture of colours. Freq. with claith, plaid.(1) c1420 Wynt. vii. 792.
Chanownys quhyt, For swa hewyd is thare habyt 1542 Treas. Acc. VIII. 80.
Twa elnis ... Inglis claitht variant hewit 15.. Clar. v. 1871.
Ane goune of gudlie hewit cramosie a 1568 Sat. P. xlviii. 76.
To … mak it [cloth] weill hewit and gar it glans lyk dummygranea1585 Maitl. Q. ii. 21. 1598 Black Bk. Taymouth 322.
Off hewit caddois in the ladeis garderob(2) 1429 Acts II. 18/2.
That na ȝeman wer hewyt clathes siddar na the kne 1500 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 80.
That he be … of powere to pay ane steik of hewit claith 1543 Ib. II. 114.
Na maner of walker … that walkis ony hewitt clayth 1554 Ib. 200.
Na hewit Scottis braid clayth except lynningis 1572 Inverness B. Rec. I. 224.
William Tomson the brebnar hes spilt … xiij elnis hewit clayth 1591 Edinb. Test. XXII. 384 b.
xj elnes wollin gled hewit claytht 1601 Tailors Acc. Bk. 14.
For making of ȝour quhite hewed London claith claithis(3) 1585 Prot. Bk. G. Fyiff 39.
Ane hewit plead 1593 Brechin Test. I. 115.
Scho leawes … to Margrat … her hewed played 1610 Ib. II. 86.
Ane heud plaid 1612 Ib. 197.
Ane hewd plaid of all hewis 1630 Banff Ann. I. 64.
Ane hewit plaid … ; ane comowne plaid 1638 Aberd. Eccl. Rec. 112.
He delyvered his hewed plaid … to Gilbert Hervie, collector 1673 Argyll Justic. Rec. I. 18.
The said pannell … away took furth thereof ane hewed plaid