roughcast

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)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.”

   “They first attached the paper-cuttings directly onto the roughcast of china, then they applied glaze to it.”

   “In equal machining of cylindrical cam's groove, roughcast of cylindrical cam is clamped in revolving spindle of NC milling machine.”

   “Powder pressing, also known as mould pressing or isostatic pressing, involves processing ceramic powder into components or roughcasts to be sintered to certain sizes, shapes, density, and stiffness.”

2. (countable, uncountable)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.”

3. (countable, uncountable)A mixture of pebbles or similar material used to finish a plaster or concrete wall.

verb

1. (transitive)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.”

   “Dutt (1913) states that madraspatanum wasps build all their cells and then roughcast the whole group together, i.e. that they make a crepissage.”

   “In particular, it seeks to elucidate the five path system, which was roughcasted at the time of Abhidharma Buddhism and later improved in terms of more comprehensive definition and fruition by Mahayana Buddhism.”

   “However, although steam-powered machines were used in the 19th century also to roughcast and polish mass-produced lenses for everyday use of just a few centimeters in diameter (for glasses and lorgnettes, opera glasses and small cheap telescopes), those of the best quality, used mainly in optical equipment, were still manufactured and finished off by hand, one by one.”

2. To apply a roughcast finish to.

   “to roughcast a wall or building”

adj

1. 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.”

   “Objectively speaking, Nick was more handsome, with smaller, more chiseled features. But Hardy's roughcast good looks and self-assurance made Nick look callow.”

   “Both had something of the traditional Quaker character, earnest, dour, enduring, scornful of imposed orthodoxies, desirous of spiritual release through a roughcast mysticism.”