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Definition of Roughcast

1. Verb. Shape roughly.

2. Noun. A coarse plaster for the surface of external walls.

3. Verb. Apply roughcast to. "Roughcast a wall"

4. Noun. A rough preliminary model.

5. Verb. Hew roughly, without finishing the surface. "Rough-hew stone or timber"

Definition of Roughcast

1. v. t. To form in its first rudiments, without revision, correction, or polish.

2. n. A rude model; the rudimentary, unfinished form of a thing.

Definition of Roughcast

1. Noun. A crude model. ¹

2. Noun. A rough surface finish, as of a plaster or stucco wall. ¹

3. Noun. A mixture of pebbles or similar material used to finish a plaster or concrete wall. ¹

4. Verb. To shape crudely. ¹

5. Verb. To apply a roughcast finish to a wall. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Roughcast

1. [v -CAST, -CASTING, -CASTS]

Medical Definition of Roughcast

1. 1. To form in its first rudiments, without revision, correction, or polish. 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Roughcast

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Workshop Receipts by Ernest Spon (1906)
"The roughcast is a composition of small gravel, finely washed, to free it from ... With this tool the plasterer throws on the roughcast with his right hand, ..."

2. An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, and Practical by Joseph Gwilt (1842)
"The roughcast is a composition of small gravel, finely washed, ... With this tool, while the plasterer throws on the roughcast with his right hand, ..."

3. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1893)
"Upon the south wall we cannot discern these peculiar features of the ancient masonry, because a thick coating of " roughcast " covers the whole wall. ..."

4. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1893)
"On the removal of the roughcast these mouldings projected considerably beyond the surface of the ancient wall. So the mouldings were cut away. ..."

5. The Architects' and Builders' Handbook: Data for Architects, Structural by Frank Eugene Kidder (1921)
"roughcast. A sort of external plastering in which small sharp stones «-•? mixed, ... roughcast work hi- been used in Europe for several centuries, ..."

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