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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a coarse plaster for the surface of external walls;

2. a rough preliminary model;


VERB (3)

1. shape roughly;

2. apply roughcast to;
- Example: "roughcast a wall"

3. hew roughly, without finishing the surface;
- Example: "rough-hew stone or timber"
[syn: rough-hew, roughcast]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Roughcast \Rough`cast"\, v. t. 1. To form in its first rudiments, without revision, correction, or polish. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To mold without nicety or elegance; to form with asperities and inequalities. [1913 Webster] 3. To plaster with a mixture of lime and shells or pebbles; as, to roughcast a building. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Roughcast \Rough"cast`\, n. 1. A rude model; the rudimentary, unfinished form of a thing. [1913 Webster] 2. A kind of plastering made of lime, with a mixture of shells or pebbles, used for covering buildings. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

roughcast n 1: a coarse plaster for the surface of external walls 2: a rough preliminary model v 1: shape roughly 2: apply roughcast to; "roughcast a wall" 3: hew roughly, without finishing the surface; "rough-hew stone or timber" [syn: rough-hew, roughcast]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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