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Webster 1913 Edition


Roughcast

Roughˊcast′

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Verb.
T.
1.
To form in its first rudiments, without revision, correction, or polish.
Dryden.
2.
To mold without nicety or elegance; to form with asperities and inequalities.
3.
To plaster with a mixture of lime and shells or pebbles;
as, to
roughcast
a building
.

Rough′castˊ

,
Noun.
1.
A rude model; the rudimentary, unfinished form of a thing.
2.
A kind of plastering made of lime, with a mixture of shells or pebbles, used for covering buildings.
Shak.