roughcast

• POS: Adjective, Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: rough=cast

CIDE DICTIONARY

roughcast, v. t. 

•  To form in its first rudiments, without revision, correction, or polish.  Dryden.  [1913 Webster]
•  To mold without nicety or elegance; to form with asperities and inequalities.  [1913 Webster]
•  To plaster with a mixture of lime and shells or pebbles; as, to roughcast a building.  [1913 Webster]

roughcast, n. 

•  A rude model; the rudimentary, unfinished form of a thing.  [1913 Webster]
•  A kind of plastering made of lime, with a mixture of shells or pebbles, used for covering buildings.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

roughcast, n., adj., & v.
--n. plaster of lime and gravel, used on outside walls.
--adj.
1 (of a wall etc.) coated with roughcast.
2 (of a plan etc.) roughly formed, preliminary.
--v.tr. (past and past part. -cast)
1 coat (a wall) with roughcast.
2 prepare (a plan, essay, etc.) in outline.

THESAURUS

roughcast

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