Coarse (kōrs), a. [Compar. Coarser (kōrs"&etilde;r); superl. Coarsest.] [As this word was anciently written course, or cours, it may be an abbreviation of of course, in the common manner of proceeding, common, and hence, homely, made for common domestic use, plain, rude, rough, gross, e. g., "Though the threads be course." Gascoigne. See Course.]
1. Large in bulk, or composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture; gross; thick; rough; -- opposed to fine; as, coarse sand; coarse thread; coarse cloth; coarse bread.
2. Not refined; rough; rude; unpolished; gross; indelicate; as, coarse manners; coarse language.
I feel
Of what coarse metal ye are molded.
Shak.
To copy, in my coarse English, his beautiful expressions.
Dryden.
Syn. -- Large; thick; rough; gross; blunt; uncouth; unpolished; inelegant; indelicate; vulgar.
Coarse"-grained` (kōrs"grānd`), a. Having a coarse grain or texture, as wood; hence, wanting in refinement.
Coarse"ly, adv. In a coarse manner; roughly; rudely; inelegantly; uncivilly; meanly.
Coars"en (kōrs"'n), v. t. To make coarse or vulgar; as, to coarsen one's character. [R.] Graham.
Coarse"ness (kōrs"n&ebreve;s), n. The quality or state of being coarse; roughness; inelegance; vulgarity; grossness; as, coarseness of food, texture, manners, or language. "The coarseness of the sackcloth." Dr. H. More.
Pardon the coarseness of the illustration.
L'Estrange.
A coarseness and vulgarity in all the proceedings.
Burke.
Co`ar*tic`u*la"tion (?), n. (Anat.) The union or articulation of bones to form a joint.
Co`-as*sess"or (?), n. A joint assessor.
Coast (?), n. [OF. coste, F. c˘te, rib, hill, shore, coast, L. costa rib, side. Cf. Accost, v. t., Cutlet.] 1. The side of a thing. [Obs.] Sir I. Newton.