Word Meanings - ROUGHWROUGHT - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Wrought in a rough, unfinished way; worked over coarsely.
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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. - WORKMANSHIP
1. The art or skill of a workman; the execution or manner of making anything. Due reward For her praiseworthy workmanship to yield. Spenser. Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown . . . Where most may wonder at the workmanship. Milton. 2. That - WORKBAG
A bag for holding implements or materials for work; especially, a reticule, or bag for holding needlework, and the like. - WORKBENCH
A bench on which work is performed, as in a carpenter's shop. - ROUGHTAIL
Any species of small ground snakes of the family Uropeltidæ; -- so called from their rough tails. - COARSELY
In a coarse manner; roughly; rudely; inelegantly; uncivilly; meanly. - ROUGHSTRINGS
Pieces of undressed timber put under the steps of a wooden stair for their support. - WORKDAY
A day on which work is performed, as distinguished from Sunday, festivals, etc., a working day. - ROUGH-FOOTED
Feather-footed; as, a rough-footed dove. Sherwood. - 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. - ROUGHWORK
To work over coarsely, without regard to nicety, smoothness, or finish. Moxon. - WORKSHOP
A shop where any manufacture or handiwork is carried on. - ROCKWORK
Stonework in which the surface is left broken and rough. - CHECKWORK
Anything made so as to form alternate squares lke those of a checkerboard. - JOURNEYWORK
Originally, work done by the day; work done by a journeyman at his trade. - FRETWORK
Work adorned with frets; ornamental openwork or work in relief, esp. when elaborate and minute in its parts. Heuce, any minute play of light andshade, dark and light, or the like. Banqueting on the turf in the fretwork of shade and sunshine. - RUBBLEWORK
Masonry constructed of unsquared stones that are irregular in size and shape. - GROUNDWORK
That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. Dryden. - CUTWORK
An ancient term for embroidery, esp. applied to the earliest form of lace, or to that early embroidery on linen and the like, from which the manufacture of lace was developed. - BOBBINWORK
Work woven with bobbins. - STOCKWORK
A system of working in ore, etc., when it lies not in strata or veins, but in solid masses, so as to be worked in chambers or stories. - 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 - LAPWORK
Work in which one part laps over another. Grew. - CHAINWORK
Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain; chain stitch work. - PANELWORK
Wainscoting.