roughcast
roughcast is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To mold without nicety or elegance; to form with asperities and inequalities.
- 2.To plaster with a mixture of lime and shells or pebbles; as, to roughcast a building.
- 3.A rude model; the rudimentary, unfinished form of a thing.
- 4.A kind of plastering made of lime, with a mixture of shells or pebbles, used for covering buildings. Shak.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is to mold without nicety or elegance; to form with asperities and inequalities called?
- What is to plaster with a mixture of lime and shells or pebbles; as, to roughcast a building called?
- What is a rude model; the rudimentary, unfinished form of a thing called?
- What is a kind of plastering made of lime, with a mixture of shells or pebbles, used for covering buildings. Shak called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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