3. To cut or make in a hasty, rough manner; — with out; as, to rough out a carving, a sketch. Roughing rolls, rolls for reducing, in a rough manner, a bloom of iron to bars. — To rough it, to endure hard conditions of living; to live without ordinary comforts.
ROUGHCAST
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.
ROUGHCAST
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.
ROUGHCASTER
Rough"cast`er, n.
Defn: One who roughcasts.