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Word Meanings - HALSENING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Sounding harshly in the throat; inharmonious; rough. Carew.

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  • ROUGHING-IN
    The first coat of plaster laid on brick; also, the process of applying it.
  • ROUGHEN
    To grow or become rough.
  • ROUGHT
    imp. of Reach.
  • ROUGHHEWN
    1. Hewn coarsely without smoothing; unfinished; not polished. 2. Of coarse manners; rude; uncultivated; rough-grained. "A roughhewn seaman." Bacon.
  • ROUGHLEG
    Any one of several species of large hawks of the genus Archibuteo, having the legs feathered to the toes. Called also rough- legged hawk, and rough-legged buzzard. Note: The best known species is Archibuteo lagopus of Northern Europe,
  • ROUGHINGS
    Rowen.
  • ROUGHSHOD
    Shod with shoes armed with points or calks; as, a roughshod horse. To ride roughshod, to pursue a course regardless of the pain or distress it may cause others.
  • ROUGHCAST
    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.
  • THROATLATCH
    A strap of a bridle, halter, or the like, passing under a horse's throat.
  • ROUGHTAIL
    Any species of small ground snakes of the family Uropeltidæ; -- so called from their rough tails.
  • ROUGHSTRINGS
    Pieces of undressed timber put under the steps of a wooden stair for their support.
  • ROUGH-FOOTED
    Feather-footed; as, a rough-footed dove. Sherwood.
  • SOUNDLY
    In a sound manner.
  • ROUGH-LEGGED
    Having the legs covered with feathers; -- said of a bird. rough-legged hawk. See Roughleg.
  • ROUGH-GRAINED
    Having a rough grain or fiber; hence, figuratively, having coarse traits of character; not polished; brisque.
  • SOUNDNESS
    The quality or state of being sound; as, the soundness of timber, of fruit, of the teeth, etc.; the soundness of reasoning or argument; soundness of faith. Syn. -- Firmness; strength; solidity; healthiness; truth; rectitude.
  • ROUGHWORK
    To work over coarsely, without regard to nicety, smoothness, or finish. Moxon.
  • CAREWORN
    Worn or burdened with care; as, careworn look or face.
  • ROUGHHEAD
    The redfin.
  • INHARMONIOUSLY
    Without harmony.
  • HIGH-SOUNDING
    Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles.
  • RESOUND
    resonare; pref. re- re- + sonare to sound, sonus sound. See Sound to 1. To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far. 2. To be filled with sound; to ring; as, the woods resound with song. 3. To be echoed; to be sent back, as sound. "Common fame
  • BLUETHROAT
    A singing bird of northern Europe and Asia , related to the nightingales; -- called also blue-throated robin and blue-throated warbler.
  • CUTTHROAT
    One who cuts throats; a murderer; an assassin.
  • HIGH-WROUGHT
    1. Wrought with fine art or skill; elaborate. Pope. 2. Worked up, or swollen, to a high degree; as, a highwrought passion. "A high-wrought flood." Shak.
  • THOROUGHWORT
    See BONESET
  • SOUNDER
    One who, or that which; sounds; specifically, an instrument used in telegraphy in place of a register, the communications being read by sound.
  • THOROUGH BASS
    The representation of chords by figures placed under the base; figured bass; basso continuo; -- sometimes used as synonymous with harmony.
  • DROUGHTY
    1. Characterized by drought; wanting rain; arid; adust. Droughty and parched countries. Ray. 2. Dry; thirsty; wanting drink. Thy droughty throat. Philips.
  • SOUNDLESS
    Not capable of being sounded or fathomed; unfathomable. Shak.
  • MISSOUND
    To sound wrongly; to utter or pronounce incorrectly. E,Hall.
  • WHITETHROAT
    Any one of several species of Old World warblers, esp. the common European species , called also strawsmear, nettlebird, muff, and whitecap, the garden whitethroat, or golden warbler , and the lesser whitethroat .

 

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