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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

The quality or state of being rough.

Noun.

ruf'ness.

Unevenness of surface, occasioned by small prominences; asperity of surface; as the roughness of a board, of a floor, or of a rock.

Austereness to the taste; as the roughness of sloes.

Taste of astringency.

Harshness to the ear; as the roughness of sounds.

Ruggedness of temper; harshness; austerity.

Coarseness of manners or behavior; rudeness.

Severity breedeth fear; but roughness breedeth hate.

Want of delicacy or refinement; as military roughness.

Severity; harshness or violence of discipline.

Violence of operation in medicines.

10.

Unpolished or unfinished state; as the roughness of a gem or a draught.

11.

Inelegance of dress or appearance.

12.

Tempestuousness; boisterousness; as of winds or weather.

13.

Violent agitation by wind; as the roughness of the sea in a storm.

14.

Coarseness of features.