Meanings (ES + gloss)
cortar
To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down.
A favourite at the Old Bailey, and eke at the Sessions, Mr. Stryver had begun cautiously to hew away the lower staves of the ladder on which he mounted.
Hew them to pieces, hack their bones asunder[…]
esculpir • labrar • tallar
To shape; to form.
Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousnesse, ye that seeke the Lord: looke vnto the rocke whence yee are hewen, and to the hole of the pitte whence ye are digged.
to hew out a sepulchre