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Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Roughcast

· Rough·cast · IPA /ˈɹʌfkæst/
01 v. t. To form in its first rudiments, without revision, correction, or polish.
  1. 1.
    To form in its first rudiments, without revision, correction, or polish.
  2. 2.
    To mold without nicety or elegance; to form with asperities and inequalities.
  3. 3.
    To plaster with a mixture of lime and shells or pebbles; as, to roughcast a building.
02 n. A rude model; the rudimentary, unfinished form of a thing.
  1. 1.
    A rude model; the rudimentary, unfinished form of a thing.
  2. 2.
    A kind of plastering made of lime, with a mixture of shells or pebbles, used for covering buildings.