3. To cut or make in a hasty, rough manner; -- with out; as, to rough
out a carving, a sketch.
Roughing rolls, rolls for reducing, in a rough manner, a bloom of iron
to bars. -- To rough it, to endure hard conditions of living; to live
without ordinary comforts.
Rough`cast" (?), v. t. 1. To form in its first rudiments, without
revision, correction, or polish. Dryden.
2. To mold without nicety or elegance; to form with asperities and
inequalities.
3. To plaster with a mixture of lime and shells or pebbles; as, to
roughcast a building.
Rough"cast`, n. 1. A rude model; the rudimentary, unfinished form of a
thing.
2. A kind of plastering made of lime, with a mixture of shells or
pebbles, used for covering buildings. Shak.
Rough"cast`er (?), n. One who roughcasts.
Rough"draw` (?), v. t. To draw or delineate rapidly and by way of a
first sketch.
Rough"dry` (?), v. t. in laundry work, to dry without smoothing or
ironing.
Rough"en (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Roughened (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Roughening.] [From Rough.] To make rough.
Rough"en, v. i. To grow or become rough.
Rough"-foot`ed (?), a. (Zoöl.) Feather-footed; as, a rough-footed dove.
[R.] Sherwood.
Rough"-grained (?), a. Having a rough grain or fiber; hence,
figuratively, having coarse traits of character; not polished; brisque.
Rough"head` (?), n. (Zoöl.) The redfin.
Rough"hew` (?), v. t. 1. To hew coarsely, without smoothing; as, to
roughhew timber.
2. To give the first form or shape to; to form rudely; to shape
approximately and rudely; to roughcast.
There's a divinity that shapes our ends, Roughhew them how we will.
Shak.
Rough"hew`er (?), n. One who roughhews.
Rough"hewn` (?), a. 1. Hewn coarsely without smoothing; unfinished; not
polished.
2. Of coarse manners; rude; uncultivated; rough-grained. "A roughhewn
seaman." Bacon.
Rough"ing-in` (?), n. The first coat of plaster laid on brick; also,
the process of applying it.