Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having coarse or rough teeth, as a file designed for rough work.
- noun A coarse file.
- noun A roughing-cut; the first cut taken on a piece of work by a machine-tool; a coarse or heavy cut to remove superfluous metal.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
- adjective of stone or timber; shaped roughly without finishing
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Examples
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She settled herself in front of a rough-cut block of scarred marble, green with moss, chipped at one corner.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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Harry suggested we use two-inch-thick rough-cut planks cut with a slight taper to suggest pièce-sur-pièce construction, using a third of the material and less heavy labor.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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I can't comment on the "previously on," having previewed the episode on a rough-cut screener.
Ask Matt: Finale Fallout (Mentalist, House, Glee) and More! 2011
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Armour clattering and grating on the rough-cut rock walls, they jog through the cool tunnel towards the Persian mine.
They're still our lads... zornhau 2009
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Harry suggested we use two-inch-thick rough-cut planks cut with a slight taper to suggest pièce-sur-pièce construction, using a third of the material and less heavy labor.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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UNCUT Edges that are rough-cut, rather than being neatly trimmed by the binders.
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Harry suggested we use two-inch-thick rough-cut planks cut with a slight taper to suggest pièce-sur-pièce construction, using a third of the material and less heavy labor.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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Harry suggested we use two-inch-thick rough-cut planks cut with a slight taper to suggest pièce-sur-pièce construction, using a third of the material and less heavy labor.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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For £5, I got a slice of dense, rough-cut, seriously piggy pork pie the size of my outstretched hand and as deep as my index finger, alongside a pile of decent, fluffy skin-on chips.
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She settled herself in front of a rough-cut block of scarred marble, green with moss, chipped at one corner.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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