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roughcast

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1. roughcast - Noun

2. roughcast - Adjective

3. roughcast - Verb

Meaning

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.

A rude model; the rudimentary, unfinished form of a thing.

A kind of plastering made of lime, with a mixture of shells or pebbles, used for covering buildings.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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rough-hew stone or timber Source: Internet

roughcast a wall Source: Internet

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