Definition of rough

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Rough (n.) Hence, figuratively, lacking refinement, gentleness, or polish..

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Roughcast :: Roughcast (n.) A rude model; the rudimentary, unfinished form of a thing..
Pass :: Pass (v. t.) To go by, beyond, over, through, or the like; to proceed from one side to the other of; as, to pass a house, a stream, a boundary, etc..
Hackly :: Hackly (a.) Rough or broken, as if hacked..
Tail :: Tail (n.) A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end, which does not go through the whole thickness of the skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; -- called also tailing..
Snaggy :: Snaggy (a.) Full of snags; full of short, rough branches or sharp points; abounding with knots..
Passage :: Passage (v. i.) Way; road; path; channel or course through or by which one passes; way of exit or entrance; way of access or transit. Hence, a common avenue to various apartments in a building; a hall; a corridor..
Runner :: Runner (n.) A rope rove through a block and used to increase the mechanical power of a tackle.
Stud :: Stud (n.) An ornamental button of various forms, worn in a shirt front, collar, wristband, or the like, not sewed in place, but inserted through a buttonhole or eyelet, and transferable..
Mill :: Mill (n.) To shape, finish, or transform by passing through a machine; specifically, to shape or dress, as metal, by means of a rotary cutter..
Hickory :: Hickory (n.) An American tree of the genus Carya, of which there are several species. The shagbark is the C. alba, and has a very rough bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets. The pignut, or brown hickory, is the C. glabra. The swamp hickory is C. amara, having a nut whose shell is very thin and the kernel bitter..
Trail :: Trail (v. t.) To tread down, as grass, by walking through it; to lay flat..
Inclemency :: Inclemency (n.) Physical severity or harshness (commonly in respect to the elements or weather); roughness; storminess; rigor; severe cold, wind, rain, or snow..
Thrid :: Thrid (v. t.) To make or effect (a way or course) through something; as, to thrid one's way through a wood..
Blocage :: Blocage (n.) The roughest and cheapest sort of rubblework, in masonry..
Jounce :: "Jounce (v. t. & i.) To jolt; to shake, especially by rough riding or by driving over obstructions..
Boisterous :: Boisterous (a.) Noisy; rough; turbulent; as, boisterous mirth; boisterous behavior..
Thermotension :: Thermotension (n.) A process of increasing the strength of wrought iron by heating it to a determinate temperature, and giving to it, while in that state, a mechanical strain or tension in the direction in which the strength is afterward to be exerted..
Erg :: Erg (n.) The unit of work or energy in the C. G. S. system, being the amount of work done by a dyne working through a distance of one centimeter; the amount of energy expended in moving a body one centimeter against a force of one dyne. One foot pound is equal to 13,560,000 ergs..
Tramp :: Tramp (v. i.) To travel or wander through; as, to tramp the country..
Headborrow :: Headborrow (n.) The chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary, consisting of ten families; -- called also borsholder, boroughhead, boroughholder, and sometimes tithingman. See Borsholder..
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