'Roughcast' definitions:

Definition of 'roughcast'

From: WordNet
noun
A coarse plaster for the surface of external walls
noun
A rough preliminary model
verb
Shape roughly
verb
Apply roughcast to; "roughcast a wall"
verb
Hew roughly, without finishing the surface; "rough-hew stone or timber" [syn: rough-hew, roughcast]

Definition of 'Roughcast'

From: GCIDE
  • Roughcast \Rough`cast"\, v. t.
  • 1. To form in its first rudiments, without revision, correction, or polish. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To mold without nicety or elegance; to form with asperities and inequalities. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To plaster with a mixture of lime and shells or pebbles; as, to roughcast a building. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Roughcast'

From: GCIDE
  • Roughcast \Rough"cast`\, n.
  • 1. A rude model; the rudimentary, unfinished form of a thing. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A kind of plastering made of lime, with a mixture of shells or pebbles, used for covering buildings. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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