roughcast

noun

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Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌfkæst/ / /ˈɹʌfkɑːst/

Etymology: From rough + cast.

Unpolished.
“A brilliant blaze, kindled with dry wood, enlightened the whole interior of this fresh looking, roughcast, timbered apartment.”
“Understand: I'm a roughcast fly fisherman, an empirical self-taught duffer.”

Etymology: From rough + cast.

A crude model.
“The whole piece […]seems […]a loose model and roughcast of what I design to do.”
“All the objects left in or near the quarries are unfinished roughcasts.”
A rough surface finish, as of a plaster or stucco wall.
“The branches met overhead in a kind of bower and the three cops stood in the shade and studied the roughcast gable of the cottage, maybe fifty yards on up the hill.”
A mixture of pebbles or similar material used to finish a plaster or concrete wall.

Etymology: From rough + cast.

To shape crudely; to form in its first rudiments, without correction or polish.
“This rough cast unhewn poetry was instead of stage plays for 120 years”
“Nor bodily, nor ghostly negro could / Rough-ccast thy figure in a sadder mould.”
To apply a roughcast finish to.
“to roughcast a wall or building”