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Roughcast v. t.

To form in its first rudiments, without revision, correction, or polish.

To mold without nicety or elegance; to form with asperities and inequalities.

To plaster with a mixture of lime and shells or pebbles; as, to roughcast a building.

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Etymology of 'Roughcast'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Roughcast" Quotes from Famous Books

... of the town, a-standin' by the state-house—a long, roughcast house in the corner, three stories high, with two doors; the door next the state-house is his office. Go past the state-house, which has a cupelo onto it, an' you see the jug an' whippin'-post. He's got ...

— The Entailed Hat - Or, Patty Cannon's Times • George Alfred Townsend

Words linked to "Roughcast" : mould, forge, plaster, rough-hew, daub, shape, form, hew, simulation, model, work, mold