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noun
1.
Also called spatter dash. an exterior wall finish composed of mortar and fine pebbles mixed together and dashed against the wall. Compare pebble dash.
2.
a crudely formed pattern or model.
verb (used with object)
3.
to cover or coat with roughcast.
4.
to make, shape, or prepare in a rough form: to roughcast a story.
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| roughcast (ˈrʌfˌkɑːst) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a coarse plaster used to cover the surface of an external wall |
| 2. | any rough or preliminary form, model, etc |
| —adj | |
| 3. | covered with or denoting roughcast |
| —vb , -casts, -casting, -cast | |
| 4. | to apply roughcast to (a wall, etc) |
| 5. | to prepare in rough |
| 6. | (tr) another word for rough-hew |
| 'roughcaster | |
| —n | |
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