Rough`cast" (?), v. t.
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.
© Webster 1913.
Rough"cast`, n.
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.
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