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roughcast (encz) | roughcast,hrubý náčrtek Zdeněk Brož |
Roughcast (gcide) | Roughcast \Rough`cast"\, v. t.
1. To form in its first rudiments, without revision,
correction, or polish. --Dryden.
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2. To mold without nicety or elegance; to form with
asperities and inequalities.
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3. To plaster with a mixture of lime and shells or pebbles;
as, to roughcast a building.
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Roughcast (gcide) | Roughcast \Rough"cast`\, n.
1. A rude model; the rudimentary, unfinished form of a thing.
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2. A kind of plastering made of lime, with a mixture of
shells or pebbles, used for covering buildings. --Shak.
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roughcast (wn) | 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] |
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roughcast (encz) | roughcast,hrubý náčrtek Zdeněk Brož |
Roughcaster (gcide) | Roughcaster \Rough"cast`er\, n.
One who roughcasts.
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roughcast (wn) | 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] |
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