Meaning of ROUGHCAST
| Pronunciation: | | 'ruf`kast
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- [n] a rough preliminary model
- [n] a coarse plaster for the surface of external walls
- [v] shape roughly
- [v] hew roughly, without finishing the surface; "rough-hew stone or timber"
- [v] apply roughcast to (as of a wall)
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| | Synonyms: | | rough-hew |
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| | See Also: | | daub, forge, form, hew, hew out, model, mold, mould, plaster, plaster, shape, simulation, work | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\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.
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