Rough , v. t. 1. To
render rough; to roughen.
2. To break in, as a horse, especially for military purposes. Crabb.
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.
Rough , adv. In a rough manner; rudely; roughly.
Sleeping rough on the trenches, and dying stubbornly in their boats.
Sir W. Scott.
Rough , n.
1. Boisterous weather. [Obs.]
Fletcher.
2. A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.
In the rough, in an unwrought or rude condition; unpolished;
as, a diamond or a
sketch in the rough.
Contemplating the people in the rough.
Mrs. Browning.
Rough (?), a.
[Compar. Rougher (?); superl.
Roughest.]
[OE. rou&?;, rou, row, rugh, ruh, AS.
r&?;h; akin to LG. rug, D. rug, D. ruig, ruw,
OHG. r&?;h, G. rauh, rauch; cf. Lith. raukas wrinkle,
rukti to wrinkle.
√ 18. Cf. Rug, n.] 1. Having inequalities, small
ridges, or points, on the surface; not smooth or
plain; as, a
rough board; a rough stone; rough cloth. Specifically: (a) Not level; having a broken surface; uneven; -- said of a piece of land, or of a road. "Rough, uneven ways." Shak.
(b) Not polished; uncut; -- said of a gem; as, a rough diamond.
(c) Tossed in
waves; boisterous; high;
-- said of a
sea or other piece of water.
More unequal
than the roughest sea.
T. Burnet. (d) Marked by coarseness; shaggy; ragged; disordered; -- said of dress, appearance, or the like; as,
a rough coat. "A visage rough."
Dryden. "Roughsatyrs."
Milton.
2. Hence,
figuratively, lacking refinement, gentleness, or polish. Specifically: (a) Not courteous or kind; harsh; rude; uncivil; as, a rough temper.
A fiend, a fury, pitiless and rough.
Shak.
A surly boatman, rough as wayes or winds.
Prior. (b) Marked by severity or violence; harsh; hard; as, rough measures or actions.
On the rough edge of battle.
Milton. A quicker and rougher remedy.
Clarendon. Kind words prevent a good deal of that perverseness which rough and imperious usage often produces.
Locke.
(c) Loud
and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating; -- said of sound, voice, and the like;
as, a rough tone; rough numbers. Pope.
(d)
Austere; harsh to the taste;
as, rough wine. (e)
Tempestuous; boisterous; stormy; as, rough weather; a rough day.
He stayeth his
rough wind.
Isa. xxvii. 8.
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.
Shak. (f) Hastily or carelessly done; wanting finish; incomplete; as, a rough estimate; a rough draught.
Rough
diamond, an uncut diamond; hence, colloquially, a person of intrinsic worth under a rude
exterior. -- Rough
and ready. (a) Acting with offhand promptness and
efficiency. "The rough
and ready understanding." Lowell.
(b) Produced offhand. "Some rough and ready theory."
Tylor.
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