Thesaurus: roughcast

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1. v. t. To form in its first rudiments, without revision, correction, or polish.
2. v. t. To mold without nicety or elegance; to form with asperities and inequalities.
3. v. t. To plaster with a mixture of lime and shells or pebbles; as, to roughcast a building.
4. n. A rude model; the rudimentary, unfinished form of a thing.
5. n. A kind of plastering made of lime, with a mixture of shells or pebbles, used for covering buildings.
6. n. a coarse plaster for the surface of external walls
7. n. a rough preliminary model
8. v. shape roughly
9. v. apply roughcast to
10. v. hew roughly, without finishing the surface
11. 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. 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.
12. n. a coarse plaster for the surface of external walls n. a rough preliminary model v. shape roughly