To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; -- often with down, or off.

To form or shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence, to form laboriously; -- often with out; as, to hew out a sepulcher.

To cut in pieces; to chop; to hack.

United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare. This federal organization set up new desegregation guidelines in the mid 1960s. If any school districts resisted integration, they would cut off federal funds to the schools.

The United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare, which administers the OASDHI, Medicare, and Public Assistance programs.

See DHEW

Hue; color.