Definition of coarse

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Coarse (superl.) 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..

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Wrack :: Wrack (n.) Coarse seaweed of any kind.
Hardhead :: Hardhead (n.) A coarse American commercial sponge (Spongia dura).
Brute :: Brute (a.) Having the physical powers predominating over the mental; coarse; unpolished; unintelligent.
Jug :: "Jug (n.) A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side..
Thimbleweed :: Thimbleweed (n.) Any plant of the composite genus Rudbeckia, coarse herbs somewhat resembling the sunflower; -- so called from their conical receptacles..
Seaware :: Seaware (n.) Seaweed; esp., coarse seaweed. See Ware, and Sea girdles..
Tang :: Tang (n.) A coarse blackish seaweed (Fuscus nodosus).
Coarsen :: Coarsen (v. t.) To make coarse or vulgar; as, to coarsen one's character..
Blottesque :: Blottesque (a.) Characterized by blots or heavy touches; coarsely depicted; wanting in delineation.
Rawhide :: Rawhide (n.) A cowhide, or coarse riding whip, made of untanned (or raw) hide twisted..
Coarse :: Coarse (superl.) 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..
Gurgeons :: Gurgeons (n. pl.) Coarse meal.
Billingsgate :: Billingsgate (n.) Coarsely abusive, foul, or profane language; vituperation; ribaldry..
Cagmag :: Cagmag (n.) A tough old goose; hence, coarse, bad food of any kind..
Clubfist :: Clubfist (n.) A coarse, brutal fellow..
Indelicacy :: Indelicacy (n.) The quality of being indelicate; want of delicacy, or of a nice sense of, or regard for, purity, propriety, or refinement in manners, language, etc.; rudeness; coarseness; also, that which is offensive to refined taste or purity of mind..
Swingle :: Swingle (v. t.) To clean, as flax, by beating it with a swingle, so as to separate the coarse parts and the woody substance from it; to scutch..
Prairie :: Prairie (n.) An extensive tract of level or rolling land, destitute of trees, covered with coarse grass, and usually characterized by a deep, fertile soil. They abound throughout the Mississippi valley, between the Alleghanies and the Rocky mountains..
Diluvial :: Diluvial (a.) Effected or produced by a flood or deluge of water; -- said of coarse and imperfectly stratified deposits along ancient or existing water courses. Similar unstratified deposits were formed by the agency of ice. The time of deposition has been called the Diluvian epoch.
Ripsaw :: Ripsaw (v. t.) A handsaw with coarse teeth which have but a slight set, used for cutting wood in the direction of the fiber; -- called also ripping saw..
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