Roughcast
(Rough`cast") v. t.
1. To form in its first rudiments, without revision, correction, or polish. Dryden.
2. To mold without nicety or elegance; to form with asperities and inequalities.
3. To plaster with a mixture of lime and shells or pebbles; as, to roughcast a building.
Roughcast
(Rough"cast`), n.
1. A rude model; the rudimentary, unfinished form of a thing.
2. A kind of plastering made of lime, with a mixture of shells or pebbles, used for covering buildings.
Shak.
Roughcaster
(Rough"cast`er) n. One who roughcasts.
Roughdraw
(Rough"draw`) v. t. To draw or delineate rapidly and by way of a first sketch.
Roughdry
(Rough"dry`) v. t. in laundry work, to dry without smoothing or ironing.
Roughen
(Rough"en) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Roughened ; p. pr. & vb. n. Roughening.] [From Rough.]
To make rough.
Roughen
(Rough"en), v. i. To grow or become rough.
Rough-footed
(Rough"-foot`ed) a. (Zoöl.) Feather-footed; as, a rough-footed dove. [R.] Sherwood.
Rough-grained
(Rough"-grained) a. Having a rough grain or fiber; hence, figuratively, having coarse
traits of character; not polished; brisque.
Roughhead
(Rough"head`) n. (Zoöl.) The redfin.
Roughhew
(Rough"hew`) v. t.
1. To hew coarsely, without smoothing; as, to roughhew timber.
2. To give the first form or shape to; to form rudely; to shape approximately and rudely; to roughcast.
There's a divinity that shapes our ends,
Roughhew them how we will.
Shak. Roughhewer
(Rough"hew`er) n. One who roughhews.
Roughhewn
(Rough"hewn`) a.
1. Hewn coarsely without smoothing; unfinished; not polished.
2. Of coarse manners; rude; uncultivated; rough-grained. "A roughhewn seaman." Bacon.
Roughing-in
(Rough"ing-in`) n. The first coat of plaster laid on brick; also, the process of applying it.
Roughings
(Rough"ings) n. pl. Rowen. [Prov. Eng.]
