Definition of roughness

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Roughness (n.) The quality or state of being rough.

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Thoroughness :: Thoroughness (n.) The quality or state of being thorough; completeness.
Huskiness :: Huskiness (n.) Roughness of sound; harshness; hoarseness; as, huskiness of voice..
Brusqueness :: Brusqueness (n.) Quality of being brusque; roughness joined with promptness; bluntness.
Smooth :: Smooth (superl.) Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points can be perceived by the touch; not rough; as, smooth glass; smooth porcelain..
Horror :: Horror (n.) A bristling up; a rising into roughness; tumultuous movement.
Crizzel :: Crizzel (n.) A kind of roughness on the surface of glass, which clouds its transparency..
Critical :: Critical (n.) Characterized by thoroughness and a reference to principles, as becomes a critic; as, a critical analysis of a subject..
Depression :: Depression (n.) A falling in of the surface; a sinking below its true place; a cavity or hollow; as, roughness consists in little protuberances and depressions..
Soft :: Soft (adv.) Softly; without roughness or harshness; gently; quietly.
Wrinkle :: Wrinkle (n.) hence, any roughness; unevenness..
Salebrosity :: Salebrosity (n.) Roughness or ruggedness.
Asperity :: Asperity (n.) Roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates upon the ear; raucity.
Shagreen :: Shagreen (n.) A kind of untanned leather prepared in Russia and the East, from the skins of horses, asses, and camels, and grained so as to be covered with small round granulations. This characteristic surface is produced by pressing small seeds into the grain or hair side when moist, and afterward, when dry, scraping off the roughness left between them, and then, by soaking, causing the portions of the skin which had been compressed or indented by the seeds to swell up into relief. It is used f
Oxtongue :: Oxtongue (n.) A name given to several plants, from the shape and roughness of their leaves; as, Anchusa officinalis, a kind of bugloss, and Helminthia echioides, both European herbs..
Scaliness :: Scaliness (n.) The state of being scaly; roughness.
Mezzotint :: Mezzotint (n.) A manner of engraving on copper or steel by drawing upon a surface previously roughened, and then removing the roughness in places by scraping, burnishing, etc., so as to produce the requisite light and shade. Also, an engraving so produced..
Asperity :: Asperity (n.) Roughness of surface; unevenness; -- opposed to smoothness.
Roughness :: Roughness (n.) The quality or state of being rough.
Evenly :: Evenly (adv.) With an even, level, or smooth surface; without roughness, elevations, or depression; uniformly; equally; comfortably; impartially; serenely..
Inclemency :: Inclemency (n.) Physical severity or harshness (commonly in respect to the elements or weather); roughness; storminess; rigor; severe cold, wind, rain, or snow..
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