ROUGH-CAST, verb transitive ruf'-cast. [rough and cast.] 1. To form in its first rudiments, without revision, correction and polish. 2. To mold without nicety or elegance, or to form with asperities. 3. To cover with a mixture of plaster and shells or pebbles; as, to rough-cast a building. ROUGH-CAST, noun ruf'-cast. 1. A rude model; the form of a thing in its first rudiments, unfinished. 2. A plaster with a mixture of shells or pebbles, used for covering buildings.
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